🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

dicker

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dicker

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fatter/ˈfætər/
adjectiveCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er ist dicker als sein Freund."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having more body fat than another person or thing.

    "After a winter of indulgence, he felt he was fatter than last summer."
  2. 2

    Used to describe something that is thicker or fuller in appearance.

    "The fatter book on the shelf caught my eye."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'fatter' is derived from the Old English 'fǣttre', which is the comparative form of 'fat', originating from Proto-Germanic '*fataz'. The meaning has evolved to describe a greater degree of fatness compared to another object or subject.

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