Sternenlicht
[ˈʃtɛʁnənˌlɪçt]
The verdict
“Sternenlicht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - natürliches Licht von den Sternen in der Nacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-sternenlicht · Sternenlicht · German
Sternenlicht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sternenlicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁnənˌlɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sternenlicht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sternenlicht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛʁnənˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "natürliches Licht von den Sternen in der Nacht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sternenlicht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sternenlicht, spelled S-T-E-R-N-E-N-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1natürliches Licht von den Sternen in der Nacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sternenlicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er ritt ohne anzuhalten fünfzig Meilen, bei Tageslicht, Mondlicht, Sternenlicht oder in pechschwarzer Nacht, wie es gerade kam.“
„Seine größte Sehnsucht ist es, sie darauf zu hissen, triumphierend, sie in das Sonnenlicht zu ziehen, in das Strenenlicht, wo sie die Welt sehen kann.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.