heimleuchten
German, verb/ˈhaɪ̯mˈlɔʏ̯ç.tn̩/
heimleuchten is spelled H-E-I-M-L-E-U-C-H-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimleuchten is a German verb meaning “to guide someone home with a lamp or torch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden scharf, tadelnd zurückweisen”.
What does heimleuchten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to guide someone home with a lamp or torch
- 2
to dismiss someone in a casual manner
- 3
to rebuff someone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden scharf, tadelnd zurückweisen 2. jemanden auf dem Weg nach Hause mit einer Lampe oder einer Laterne begleiten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of heimleuchten
- leuchtet heim present singular third-person
- leuchtete heim past
- heimgeleuchtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heimleuchtend participle present
- heimzuleuchten infinitive infinitive-zu
- leuchte heim first-person indicative present
- leuchten heim first-person indicative plural
- leuchtest heim indicative present second-person
- leuchteten heim first-person indicative plural
- leuchtetest heim indicative preterite second-person
- leuchtetet heim indicative plural preterite
- leucht heim! imperative singular
- leuchte heim! imperative singular
- leuchtet heim! imperative plural
- heimgeleuchtet haben active infinitive perfect
- heimgeleuchtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- heimgeleuchtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heimleuchten?
- /ˈhaɪ̯mˈlɔʏ̯ç.tn̩/
- [ˈhaɪ̯mˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is heimleuchten in German?
heimleuchten appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).