tæt

See also: tat, tắt, tät, tát, Tat, and táet

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þéttr (“tight, watertight”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, cognate with Swedish tät, English tight, Dutch, German dicht. Doublet of tight.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛt/, [ˈtˢɛd̥]

Adjective

tæt (plural and definite singular attributive tætte)

  1. close (with a little or no distance)
  2. dense, tight, thick, heavy (with a high density)
  3. watertight, waterproof, air-tight (impenetrable by water or air)

Inflection
Inflection of tæt
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular tæt tættere tættest2
Indefinite neuter singular tæt tættere tættest2
Plural tætte tættere tættest2
Definite attributive1 tætte tættere tætteste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms
  • tæthed (“closeness”)
  • tætne (“to seal”)
  • utæt (“leaky”)

Adverb

tæt

  1. closely (with little or no distance)
  2. densely, thickly, tight, tightly, heavily (with a high density)
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