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chic
Fashionable, elegant, and tasteful in appearance or dress.
example
Für die Oper hat sie sich ein sehr chices Kleid gekauft.
She bought a very chic dress for the opera.
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Meanings
Usage tips
French loanword
'Chic' is a word from French and is pronounced that way too, with a soft 'sh' sound at the beginning. It is often used in the areas of fashion, design, and lifestyle.
EXAMPLE
Sie trägt immer sehr chice Kleidung.
She always wears very chic clothes.
Use in a sentence
Like most adjectives, 'chic' can stand before a noun or be used on its own with a verb such as 'sein' (to be) or 'aussehen' (to look).
EXAMPLE
Das ist ein chices Hotel.
That is a chic hotel.
Typical collocations
Common expressions with 'chic' include 'sich chic machen' (to dress up elegantly) or going to eat in a 'chicen Restaurant' (chic restaurant).
EXAMPLE
Für die Party heute Abend mache ich mich richtig chic.
For the party tonight, I'm really going to dress up chic.
Compare with
chic vs schick
chic / stylish
'schick' and 'chic' mean almost the same thing here: something looks fashionable, elegant, and tasteful. You can use both words for clothing, people, or even rooms. The most important difference is the spelling. 'schick' is the normal German spelling and is very common in everyday language. 'chic' feels a bit more French or fashion-oriented, but it occurs less often. Learners can easily confuse the words because they sound the same and are used almost the same way. In most everyday situations, 'schick' is the simpler and more natural choice.
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Nina trägt heute einen sehr chicen Mantel.
Nina is wearing a very chic coat today.
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Für das Abendessen zieht Max ein schickes Hemd an.
For dinner, Max puts on a stylish shirt.
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