Zwielicht
German, noun/ˈtsviːˌlɪçt/
Zwielicht is spelled Z-W-I-E-L-I-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwielicht is a German neuter noun meaning “twilight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Licht, das sich in der Dämmerung einstellt”.
What does Zwielicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertwilight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Licht, das sich in der Dämmerung einstellt 2. Licht, das zustande kommt, wenn gleichzeitig unterschiedliche Lichtquellen wahrgenommen werden 3. unklarer Zustand, der oftmals Formen der Illegalität andeutet
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 Zwielicht
- Zwielichtes genitive
- Zwielichts genitive
- Zwielichte dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwielicht?
- /ˈtsviːˌlɪçt/
- [ˈt͡sviːˌlɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zwielicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zwielicht in German?
Zwielicht appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).