seicht

Etymology
From ; cognate with sinken.

Adjective

 * 1) shallow (of water only)
 * 2)  simple, light, having little depth (e.g. of a book)
 * 1)  simple, light, having little depth (e.g. of a book)

Usage notes

 * Like in English, is more likely to be used when the shallowness of a given book or film is intended (as e.g. in a romantic comedy), while  tends to mean that something fails to reach the depth to which it aspires or which would be expected of it.