Licht

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German lieht (Middle German also līcht), from Old High German lioht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”). Compare Dutch licht, English light.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪçt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪçt
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Noun

Licht n (genitive Lichtes or Lichts, plural Lichter or Lichte, diminutive Lichtchen n or Lichtlein n)

  1. light
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 53:
      Öllämpchen brannte niemand mehr. Zuerst waren sie durch Petroleum und Gas ersetzt worden, dann war die Elektrizität gekommen, vor deren Helligkeit jedes andere Licht als kärglicher Notbehelf erschien.
      Nobody burnt little oil lamps anymore. First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, the brightness of which made each other light look like a meager makeshift.
  2. (hunting) eye of game, especially ground game

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Lichter.
  • The plural Lichte is occasionally used when meaning “light” in the sense of “candle”. Compare Teelicht.

Declension

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Further reading

  • “Licht” in Duden online

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon lioht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”). Compare High German Licht, Dutch licht, English light.

Noun

Licht n (plural Lichten)

  1. light

Related terms

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

Noun

Licht n (plural Lichter, diminutive Lichtche)

  1. light

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Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Licht, Dutch licht, English light.

Noun

Licht n (plural Lichder)

  1. light
  2. lamp, candle
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