das Licht der Welt erblicken
[das lɪçt deːɐ̯ ˈvɛlt ɛɐ̯ˈblɪkn̩]
The verdict
“das Licht der Welt erblicken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Welt kommen, geboren werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-das-licht-der-welt-erbli · das Licht der Welt erblicken · German
das Licht der Welt erblicken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | das Licht der Welt erblicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [das lɪçt deːɐ̯ ˈvɛlt ɛɐ̯ˈblɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „das Licht der Welt erblicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
das Licht der Welt erblicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [das lɪçt deːɐ̯ ˈvɛlt ɛɐ̯ˈblɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Welt kommen, geboren werden".
das Licht der Welt erblicken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is das Licht der Welt erblicken, spelled D-A-S- -L-I-C-H-T- -D-E-R- -W-E-L-T- -E-R-B-L-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1zur Welt kommen, geboren werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how das Licht der Welt erblicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Baby erblickte vor wenigen Stunden das Licht der Welt.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.