licht
German, adjective
licht is spelled L-I-C-H-T (5 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written German, the 886th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licht is a German adjective meaning “sparse (e.g. of hair or a forest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Licht is a different word: “light (electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “leuchtend”.
What does licht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sparse (e.g. of hair or a forest)
Du hast da eine lichte Stelle.
- 2
bright, light (also of eyes, etc.)
- 3
airy, light-filled (most often of rooms)
- 4
unobstructed, clear
lichte Höhe
- 5
lucid (momentarily breaking past a clouded mind)
einen lichten Moment haben
noun
- 1
neuterlight (electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum)
- 2
neuterlight (a light source, often artificial)
- 3
colloquialneutercandle
- 4
neutereye of game, especially ground game
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. von einer Quelle ausgehender, gut sichtbarer Anteil des elektromagnetischen Spektrums 2. Helligkeit, die tagsüber unter normalen Umständen vorherrscht 3. allgemeine Beleuchtung 4. künstliche Beleuchtung
adjective: 1. leuchtend 2. dünn bewachsen 3. die innere Ausdehnung von Hohlräumen betreffend
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 licht
- Lichtes genitive
- Lichts genitive
- Lichter plural
- Lichte plural
- Lichtchen diminutive neuter
- Lichtlein diminutive neuter
- Lichtern dative definite plural
- Lichten dative definite plural
- Liecht alternative obsolete
- Liicht alternative obsolete
- lichter masculine nominative singular
- am lichtesten superlative
- lichte feminine nominative singular
- lichtes neuter nominative singular
- lichten genitive masculine singular
- L. abbreviation
- lichtem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to licht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is licht in German?
licht appears 98 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).