am hellichten Tag

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German[edit]

Adverb[edit]

am hellichten Tag

  1. Formerly standard spelling of am helllichten Tag which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996 .

Usage notes[edit]

  • This spelling remains more common than other superseded spellings, since many speakers fail to analyse hell(l)icht as a compound hell + licht, but rather interpret it as hell + the ending -icht (as in Dickicht, etc.).