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 Style
style
Style and chic can both describe an attractive effect in clothing or a person. Style tends to emphasize a distinctive, individual presence, whereas chic highlights particularly elegant and tasteful clothing or appearance. Use Style for personal expression and chic for refined elegance.
chic
Für die Feier hat sie ein schlichtes, aber sehr chic wirkendes Kleid gewählt.
For the celebration, she chose a simple but very chic-looking dress.
Style
Ihr auffälliger Style macht sie auf der Party sofort erkennbar.
Her striking style makes her immediately recognizable at the party.
In real life
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