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German
Etymology
Decke + -n- + Licht
Pronunciation
Noun
Deckenlicht n (strong, genitive Deckenlichtes or Deckenlichts, plural Deckenlichter)
- ceiling light
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 325:Denn des Besuchers erste Bewegung, bei noch offener Tür, war gewesen, daß er das Deckenlicht eingeschaltet hatte, welches, von dem Weiß der Decke, der Möbel zurückgeworfen, den Raum im Nu mit zitternder Klarheit überfüllte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Deckenlicht
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