Helligkeit
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Helligkeit f (genitive Helligkeit, plural Helligkeiten)
- brightness
- Synonyms: Licht, Tag
- Antonyms: Dunkelheit, Finsternis, Nacht
- 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 First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, the brightness of which made each other light look like a meager makeshift.
Declension
Declension of Helligkeit
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Helligkeit | die | Helligkeiten |
| genitive | einer | der | Helligkeit | der | Helligkeiten |
| dative | einer | der | Helligkeit | den | Helligkeiten |
| accusative | eine | die | Helligkeit | die | Helligkeiten |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Helligkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Helligkeit” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Helligkeit” in Duden online