Polyglot Dictionary

Lichtjahr

/ˈlɪçtˌjaːɐ/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Lichtjahre

Meaning

  1. light-year

    Built from Licht (light) + Jahr (year).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Licht light
  • Jahr year
Read the article about words built from Jahr

Practice

1 What does Lichtjahr mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der nächste Stern ist mehrere ___ entfernt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Lichtjahr?

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