licht

• IPA^(key): /lɪxt/

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• Homophone: ligt

From Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch *līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

licht (comparative lichter, superlative lichtst)

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

• zwaar
• gewichtig

• Afrikaans: lig
• Berbice Creole Dutch: lekti
• Negerhollands: licht, le, ligt

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

licht n (plural lichten, diminutive lichtje n)

1. light, illumination
2. light source
3. (metonymic) 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.

• Afrikaans: lig
• Berbice Creole Dutch: lekti
• Negerhollands: ligt

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

licht (comparative lichter, superlative lichtst)

1. light, bright

   Antonyms: donker, duister

• Afrikaans: lig
• Negerhollands: licht, lecht, le, ligt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

licht

1. inflection of lichten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /lɪçt/
• Rhymes: -ɪçt

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licht (strong nominative masculine singular lichter, comparative lichter, superlative am lichtesten)

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

   Du hast da eine lichte Stelle.

   You have an almost bald spot.

• Licht n

• “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.

licht n

1. Wiesemann spelling of Licht

From Old Dutch *līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht (“light, not heavy”).

licht

2. light, not heavy
3. lighthearted
4. light, easy

• Dutch: licht
  • Afrikaans: lig
• Limburgish: lich, leech

From Old Dutch lieht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht (“light, brightness”).

licht n

2. light
3. daylight
4. illumination
5. sight, ability to see
6. insight, knowledge

• liecht

• Dutch: licht
• Limburgish: leech

From Old Dutch lieht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht (“light, bright”).

licht

2. light, not dark
3. shining, luminous
4. light in colour

• Dutch: licht
• Limburgish: leech

• “licht (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “licht (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “licht (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “licht (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “licht (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “licht (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

From Old English lēoht, līht, līhtan, of Germanic origin.

• IPA^(key): /lɪçt/, /lɪxt/

licht (plural lichts)

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

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

1. To light, lighten.

licht (comparative lichter, superlative lichtest)

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

licht (comparative lichter, superlative lichtest)

1. Light, lightly.