Lichtwellenleiter
German, noun[ˈlɪçtvɛlənˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
Lichtwellenleiter is spelled L-I-C-H-T-W-E-L-L-E-N-L-E-I-T-E-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lichtwellenleiter is a German masculine noun meaning “optical fibre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dünner und biegsamer Faden, durch den Licht übertragen werden kann”.
What does Lichtwellenleiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoptical fibre
- 2
masculineoptical waveguide
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dünner und biegsamer Faden, durch den Licht übertragen werden kann
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 Lichtwellenleiter
- Lichtwellenleiters genitive
- Lichtwellenleitern dative definite plural
- LWL abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lichtwellenleiter?
- [ˈlɪçtvɛlənˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lichtwellenleiter in German?
Lichtwellenleiter appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).