Kerzenlicht

[ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌlɪçt]

/[ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌlɪçt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kerzenlicht” is uncommon German (frequency #52,202 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,202
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einer Kerze emittiertes Licht

Corpus desk

Index DE-kerzenlicht · Kerzenlicht · German

Kerzenlicht · rank #52,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,202
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kernkompetenz…

Nearest frequency peer: Kernkompetenzen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kerzenlicht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kerzenlicht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kerzenlicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordKerzenlicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌlɪçt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,202
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kerzenlicht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kerzenlichtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kernkompetenzen“ (#52,201), „Kenntnisnahme“ (#52,200), „Kassandra“ (#52,198). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kerzenlicht“ bei #52,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kerzenlicht is uncommon German at frequency #52,202 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einer Kerze emittiertes Licht".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kerzenlicht, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kerzenlicht, spelled K-E-R-Z-E-N-L-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einer Kerze emittiertes Licht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kerzenlicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich biete Dir ein romantisches Abendessen im Kerzenlicht an.
  2. „Als die Gäste kamen, erklärte Helena, sie würden einen ganz besonderen Abend bei Kerzenlicht verbringen, ohne warmes Essen, nur mit Süßigkeiten.“

Synonyms

Kerzenschein

Antonyms

Neonlicht

This word in other languages

candlelight(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kerzenlicht"?
"Kerzenlicht" is spelled K-E-R-Z-E-N-L-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌlɪçt].
What does "Kerzenlicht" mean?
As a noun, "Kerzenlicht" means: von einer Kerze emittiertes Licht
How do you pronounce "Kerzenlicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kerzenlicht" is [ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌlɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kerzenlicht" come from?
"Kerzenlicht" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kerzenlicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kanonischen#52,195kanadischer#52,194Junggeselle#52,190Kopfschmerz#52,217

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list