leuchten
German, verb
leuchten is spelled L-E-U-C-H-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leuchten is a German verb meaning “to shine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Leuchten is a different word: “radiance, brightness”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Licht aussenden”.
What does leuchten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine
noun
- 1
neutergerund of leuchten
- 2
neuterradiance, brightness
- 3
neuterluminescence, incandescence
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Leuchte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Licht aussenden
noun: 1. die Aussendung von Licht
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 leuchten
- leuchtet present singular third-person
- leuchtete past
- geleuchtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leuchtend participle present
- leuchte first-person indicative present
- leuchtest indicative present second-person
- leuchteten first-person indicative plural
- leuchtetest indicative preterite second-person
- leuchtetet indicative plural preterite
- leucht imperative second-person singular
- habe geleuchtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geleuchtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- leuchte! imperative singular
- leuchtet! imperative plural
- geleuchtet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu leuchten active extended infinitive
- geleuchtet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leuchten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leuchten in German?
leuchten appears 8.3 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).