Lampe
German, noun/ˈlampə/
Lampe is spelled L-A-M-P-E (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lampe is a German feminine noun meaning “lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Licht- oder Leuchtmittel, bei dem Licht durch Energieumwandlung erzeugt wird”.
What does Lampe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
- 2
colloquialfeminineclipping of Glühlampe: bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Licht- oder Leuchtmittel, bei dem Licht durch Energieumwandlung erzeugt wird 2. Gerät, das durch [1] Licht verbreitet 3. Meister Lampe – der Hase in einer Fabel
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 Lampe
- Lampen plural
- Lämpchen diminutive neuter
- Lämplein diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lampe?
- /ˈlampə/
- [ˈlam.pʰə]
- [ˈlampə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lampe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lampe in German?
Lampe appears 9.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).