Kerze

Concepts

candle

🕯️

up-and-under

candlepower

lob

spark plug

taper

torch

skyer

sarvangasana

shoulderstand

shoulder stand

candela

candle

🕯️

lamp

light

Synonyms

Licht

Zündkerze

Funzel

Candela

Nachtwache

Scheinwerfer

Segel

wachen

bettelarm

licht

Fackel

Lampe

Leuchtturm

Translations

bougie

🕯️

candela

🕯️

vela

🕯️

kaars

🕯️

vela

🕯️

chandelle

🅰️

candela

🕯️

mum

🕯️

شمعة

cirio

κερί

bujía

candela

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

keerze

Basel-Landschaft

liecht

Basel-Landschaft

waggsliecht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɛʁtsə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: kerze

Inherited from Old High German: kerza

Cognate with Latin: charta

Cognate with Dutch: kaars

Cognate with Hunsrik: Kerz

Cognate with Luxembourgish: Käerz

In summary

From Middle High German kerze, from Old High German kerza, charza, from either Latin cērāta (“covered with wax”) or Latin charta (“sheet of papyrus”, in this case referring to layers of birch bark from which candles were made). The latter explanation is typically preferred, though the former is semantically more suggestive. Compare Dutch kaars, Hunsrik Kerz, Luxembourgish Käerz.