See also: Leuchten

German

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Etymology

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From Old High German liuhten, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtijan, from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔʏ̯ç.tn̩]
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Verb

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leuchten (weak, third-person singular present leuchtet, past tense leuchtete, past participle geleuchtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shine
    • 1597, Philipp Nicolai, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern:
      Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern!
      How bright the morning star shines!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • leuchten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • leuchten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • leuchten” in Duden online
  • leuchten” in OpenThesaurus.de