Lichtjahr
German, noun/ˈlɪçtˌjaːɐ̯/
Lichtjahr is spelled L-I-C-H-T-J-A-H-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lichtjahr is a German neuter noun meaning “light year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Entfernung, die das Licht in einem Jahr zurücklegt (entspricht 9,46 Billionen Kilometern)”.
What does Lichtjahr mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlight year
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entfernung, die das Licht in einem Jahr zurücklegt (entspricht 9,46 Billionen Kilometern)
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 Lichtjahr
- Lichtjahres genitive
- Lichtjahrs genitive
- Lichtjahre plural
- Lichtjahren dative definite plural
- Lj abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lichtjahr?
- /ˈlɪçtˌjaːɐ̯/
- [ˈlɪçtˌjaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lichtjahr in German?
Lichtjahr appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).