Neuter
Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) light
  2. (colloquial, neuter, strong) candle
  3. (neuter, strong) eye of game, especially ground game

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

liecht

Graubünden

Graubünden

liecht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɪçt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lieht (Middle German also līcht), from Old High German lioht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom. Compare Dutch licht, English light.

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