leicht
German, adjective/laɪ̯çt/
leicht is spelled L-E-I-C-H-T (6 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written German, the 492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leicht is a German adjective meaning “light (not heavy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein geringes Gewicht habend”.
What does leicht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
light (not heavy)
Nur leichte Autos sollten diese Brücke befahren.
- 2
easy (not difficult)
eine leichte Aufgabe
- 3
light, lite, diet (of food which is low in calories)
Usage note: normally, the English term light is used, e.g. in Light-Produkte = food with low sugar or calories
- 4
slight
ein leichter Unterschied
adverb
- 1
slightly
- 2
easily
- 3
Austriareally, perhaps; expresses surprise, assumption, suspicion, or the expectation of a negative answer; often untranslatable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein geringes Gewicht habend 2. einfach, nicht schwierig 3. in geringem Maße ausgebildet, wenig ausgeprägt 4. wenig Kalorien besitzen, schnell zu verdauen
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 leicht
- leichter masculine nominative singular
- am leichtesten superlative
- leichte feminine nominative singular
- leichtes neuter nominative singular
- leichten genitive masculine singular
- leichtem dative masculine singular
- der leichte definite includes-article masculine
- die leichte definite feminine includes-article
- das leichte definite includes-article neuter
- die leichten definite includes-article nominative
- des leichten definite genitive includes-article
- der leichten definite feminine genitive
- dem leichten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leicht?
- /laɪ̯çt/
- [laɪ̯çt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leicht in German?
leicht appears 174 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).