Nachtlicht
German, noun/ˈnaxtˌlɪçt/
Nachtlicht is spelled N-A-C-H-T-L-I-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachtlicht is a German neuter noun meaning “nightlight, night light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark gedämpfte Lichtquelle, die nachts in Treppenhäusern oder Fluren der Orientierung in der Dunkelheit dient”.
What does Nachtlicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternightlight, night light
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stark gedämpfte Lichtquelle, die nachts in Treppenhäusern oder Fluren der Orientierung in der Dunkelheit dient
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 Nachtlicht
- Nachtlichtes genitive
- Nachtlichts genitive
- Nachtlichter plural
- Nachtlichte dative singular
- Nachtlichtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nachtlicht?
- /ˈnaxtˌlɪçt/
- [ˈnaxtˌlɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nachtlicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nachtlicht in German?
Nachtlicht appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).