dichtmachen
German, verb[ˈdɪçtˌmaχn̩]
dichtmachen is spelled D-I-C-H-T-M-A-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dichtmachen is a German verb meaning “to close off, to seal up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas so bearbeiten, dass es dicht ist”.
What does dichtmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to close off, to seal up
die Grenzen dichtmachen
- 2
informalto close down, to close up, to shutter
Der Laden hat dichtgemacht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas so bearbeiten, dass es dicht ist 2. etwas schließen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dichtmachen
- macht dicht present singular third-person
- machte dicht past
- dichtgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dichtmachend participle present
- dichtzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache dicht first-person indicative present
- machen dicht first-person indicative plural
- machst dicht indicative present second-person
- machest dicht second-person singular subjunctive
- machet dicht plural second-person subjunctive
- machten dicht first-person indicative plural
- machtest dicht indicative preterite second-person
- machtet dicht indicative plural preterite
- dicht machen alternative
- mach dicht! imperative singular
- mache dicht! imperative singular
- macht dicht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dichtmachen?
- [ˈdɪçtˌmaχn̩]
- [ˈdɪçtˌmaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dichtmachen in German?
dichtmachen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).