German

Noun

Licht n ‎(genitive Lichts or Lichtes, 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 First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, the brightness of which made each other light look like a meager makeshift.

Usage notes

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

Declension

Related terms

Low German

Etymology

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

Noun

Licht n ‎(plural Lichten)

1. light

Related terms

• licht
• lüchten

Dutch

Adjective

licht ‎(comparative lichter, superlative lichtst)

1. light, of little weight
2. (metonymically) easy, mild

Inflection

Antonyms

• zwaar
• gewichtig

Derived terms

• lichtelijk
• lichtjes
• lichtmatroos
• verlichten

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch lioht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‎(“light; bright; to shine”).

Noun

licht n ‎(plural lichten, diminutive lichtje n)

1. A light, illumination
2. A light source
3. (metonymically) inspiration (in z'n licht opsteken); a bright mind
   • 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 52:

     Geen groot licht, die Bossche voddendief, maar ik deed het ermee.

     No genius, that rag thief from Den Bosch, but I made do with it.

Derived terms

• belichten
• lichtbron
• lichtinval
• lichtpunt

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch lioht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‎(“light; bright; to shine”).

Adjective

licht ‎(comparative lichter, superlative lichtst)

1. light, bright

Inflection

Antonyms

• donker

Derived terms

• verlichten

Etymology 4

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

licht

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of lichten
2. imperative of lichten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German liecht, from Old High German lioht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-. Compare Dutch licht, English light.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪçt/
• Rhymes: -ɪçt

Adjective

licht

1. light, bright (luminescent)
2. unobstructed, clear

   Du hast da eine lichte Stelle. - You have an almost bald spot.

Related terms

• Licht n

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German lioht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‎(“bright, to shine, to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪxt/

Noun

licht n

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".

Antonyms

• tunkelheet

Related terms

• lichte, lichten

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪxt/

Noun

licht ‎(plural lichts)

1. A light.
2. (in the plural) lichts - Lungs.

Verb

licht ‎(third-person singular present lichts, present participle lichting, past lichted, past participle lichted)

1. To light, lighten.

Adjective

licht ‎(comparative lichter, superlative lichtest)

1. Light, bright.
2. Light (not heavy).
3. Underweight.

Adverb

licht ‎(comparative lichter, superlative lichtest)

1. Light, lightly.