Lampe

See also: lampe and lampé

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lampe, from Latin lampada, from Latin lampas. Cognate with English lamp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlampə/

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Noun

Lampe f (genitive Lampe, plural Lampen, diminutive Lämpchen n or Lämplein n)

1. lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
2. bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb) (Clipping of Glühlampe.)

Related terms

• Lampenschirm
• Lavalampe
• Taschenlampe
• Lampion
• Stehlampe
• Meister Lampe
• Schreibtischlampe

Descendants

• → Czech: lampa
• → Latvian: lampa
• → Polish: lampa
• → Romanian: lampă
• → Serbo-Croatian: lampa / лампа
• → Slovak: lampa

Anagrams

• Ampel
• Palme