Kontrolllampe
German, noun/kɔnˈtʁɔlˌlampə/
Kontrolllampe is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-L-A-M-P-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kontrolllampe is a German feminine noun meaning “indicator light, tell-tale (source of light, often a light-emitting diode, used for indication rather than illumination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lampe zur Überwachung einer technischen Funktion oder Nichtfunktion”.
What does Kontrolllampe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindicator light, tell-tale (source of light, often a light-emitting diode, used for indication rather than illumination)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lampe zur Überwachung einer technischen Funktion oder Nichtfunktion
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 Kontrolllampe
- Kontrolllampen plural
- Kontroll-Lampe alternative
- Kontrollampe obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kontrolllampe?
- /kɔnˈtʁɔlˌlampə/
- [kɔnˈtʁɔlˌlampə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kontrolllampe in German?
Kontrolllampe appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).