Lampe

See also: lampe and lampé

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlampə/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

Lampe f (genitive Lampe, plural Lampen, diminutive Lämpchen n or Lämplein n)

  1. lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
  2. (colloquial) clipping of Glühlampe: bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb)
Declension
Declension of Lampe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lampe die Lampen
genitive einer der Lampe der Lampen
dative einer der Lampe den Lampen
accusative eine die Lampe die Lampen
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Czech: lampa
  • → Latvian: lampa
  • → Polish: lampa
  • → Romanian: lampă
  • → Serbo-Croatian: lampa / лампа
  • → Slovak: lampa

Etymology 2

Short form of Lambert or Lambrecht.

Proper noun

Lampe m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lampes or Lampe)

  1. (poetic) personification of scut (rabbit)
    Meister Lampe ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  • Meister Lampe

Further reading

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlampə/

Noun

Lampe f

  1. plural of Lamp
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