Lampe

Meaning

  1. (feminine) lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
  2. (feminine) bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb) (Clipping of Glühlampe.)
  3. (feminine) scut (from hunter jargon: a rabbit's tail)

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lampe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

pfunzle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlampə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lampe, from Latin lampada, from Latin lampas. Cognate with English lamp.

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