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Kerzenschein

German[ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌʃaɪ̯n]

Kerzenschein is a German noun. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Licht, das von einer brennenden Kerze ausgeht”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Licht, das von einer brennenden Kerze ausgeht

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 Kerzenschein

  • Kerzenscheines genitive singular
  • Kerzenscheins genitive singular
  • Kerzenscheine dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Kerzenschein?

  • [ˈkɛʁt͡sn̩ˌʃaɪ̯n]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Kerzenschein

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Kerzenschein in German?

Kerzenschein appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).