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German
Etymology
irren + Licht
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪʁlɪçt/
- Hyphenation: Irr‧licht
Noun
Irrlicht n (strong, genitive Irrlichtes or Irrlichts, plural Irrlichter or Irrlichte)
- will o' the wisp (strange light)
- Synonyms: Irrwisch, Sumpflicht
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:Ich merke wohl, ihr seyd der Herr vom Haus, / Und will mich gern nach euch bequemen. / Allein bedenkt! der Berg ist heute zaubertoll, / Und wenn ein Irrlicht euch die Wege weisen soll, / So müßt ihr’s so genau nicht nehmen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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