dichtmachen
[ˈdɪçtˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“dichtmachen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,181 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,181
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas so bearbeiten, dass es dicht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-dichtmachen · dichtmachen · German
dichtmachen · rank #64,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,181
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dietzenbach
Nearest frequency peer: Dietzenbach (+2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dichtmachen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Detektoren
Detektoren
35,824 corpus weight
- deutschland…
deutschlandweite
35,823 corpus weight
- dichtmachen
dichtmachen
35,820 corpus weight
- Dietzenbach
Dietzenbach
35,818 corpus weight
- Dioptrien
Dioptrien
35,816 corpus weight
- Discos
Discos
35,815 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dichtmachen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dichtmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdɪçtˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #64,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dichtmachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dichtmachen is uncommon German at frequency #64,181 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdɪçtˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dichtmachen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dichtmachen, spelled D-I-C-H-T-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas so bearbeiten, dass es dicht ist
- 2etwas schließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dichtmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat das Boot repariert und die Schotten wieder dichtgemacht.
Der Imbiss um die Ecke wurde gestern dichtgemacht, weil alte Lebensmittel gefunden wurden.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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