Dichterer

Dichterer is the comparative form of the German adjective dicht, meaning dense or thick. It is used to express that one noun is more dense or thick than another, translating to “denser” or “thicker” in English. It is specifically a attributive form that appears before a noun and agrees with gender, number, and case.

In practice, dichterer is most common with masculine singular nouns when the determiner is ein, kein, or absent. For example: ein dichterer Wald (a denser forest). When the definite article is used, the ending changes to dichtere: der dichtere Wald (the denser forest). For neuter and feminine nouns, the corresponding endings are dichteres and dichtere, as in ein dichteres Haus and eine dichtere Blume. In the plural, the comparative is dichtere Wälder (denser forests).

Predicative use, after linking verbs such as sein, typically does not use dichterer. The predicate form is dichter: Der Wald ist dichter. In comparisons, one may say Der Wald ist dichter als der andere.

Notes and related terms: dichterer is a normal inflection of dicht used in attributive position; it is not a noun. A potential source of confusion is the noun Dichter (capital D), meaning “poet.” The two forms are etymologically related to different parts of speech but are distinct in meaning and usage. See also dicht, Dichte, and other degrees of comparison for German adjectives.