lichtgrau
German, adjective/ˈlɪçtˌɡʁaʊ̯/
lichtgrau is spelled L-I-C-H-T-G-R-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lichtgrau is a German adjective meaning “light grey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von sehr heller grauer Farbe”.
What does lichtgrau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
light grey
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von sehr heller grauer Farbe
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 lichtgrau
- lichtgrauer masculine nominative singular
- lichtgraue feminine nominative singular
- lichtgraues neuter nominative singular
- lichtgrauen genitive masculine singular
- lichtgrauem dative masculine singular
- der lichtgraue definite includes-article masculine
- die lichtgraue definite feminine includes-article
- das lichtgraue definite includes-article neuter
- die lichtgrauen definite includes-article nominative
- des lichtgrauen definite genitive includes-article
- der lichtgrauen definite feminine genitive
- dem lichtgrauen dative definite includes-article
- den lichtgrauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lichtgrau?
- /ˈlɪçtˌɡʁaʊ̯/
- [ˈlɪçtˌɡʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lichtgrau in German?
lichtgrau appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).