Licht

• Liecht (obsolete)

From Middle High German lieht (Middle German also līcht), from Old High German lioht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom. Compare Dutch licht, English light.

• IPA^(key): /lɪçt/

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• Hyphenation: Licht
• Rhymes: -ɪçt

Licht n (strong, 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 First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, the brightness of which made each other light look like a meager makeshift.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. (colloquial) candle
3. (hunting) eye of game, especially ground game

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

• “Licht” in Duden online
• “Licht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Licht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

• Liecht

From Middle Low German licht, from Old Saxon lioht. Compare High German Licht, Dutch licht, English light.

Licht n (plural Lichten)

1. light

• licht
• lüchten

• licht (Wiesemann spelling)

From Middle High German licht, from Old High German lioht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”). Cognate with German Licht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliçt/
• Rhymes: -içt
• Syllabification: Licht

Licht n (plural Lichter, diminutive Lichtche)

1. light
   • Bible, Genesis 1:5

     Kot hot es licht "taach" kenënt un tii tunkelheet "naacht" kenënt.

     God called the light "day", and the darkness he called "night".

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German lieht, from Old High German lioht. Compare German Licht, Dutch licht, English light.

Licht n (plural Lichder)

1. light
2. lamp, candle