Himmelslicht
[ˈhɪməlsˌlɪçt]
The verdict
“Himmelslicht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Licht, Helligkeit, die vom Himmel kommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-himmelslicht · Himmelslicht · German
Himmelslicht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Himmelslicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪməlsˌlɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Himmelslicht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Himmelslicht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪməlsˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Himmelslicht in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Himmelslicht, spelled H-I-M-M-E-L-S-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Licht, Helligkeit, die vom Himmel kommt
- 2Licht der Sonne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Himmelslicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich liebe es, im Himmelslicht zu wandern.
„Weh! steck' ich in dem Kerker noch?
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.