lichten

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪx.tən/ Rhymes: -ɪxtən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch lichten, from Old Dutch *līhten, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄htijan, from Proto-Germanic *linhtijaną. ==== Verb ==== lichten to raise, to lift up to empty out ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: lig → Papiamentu: lektu === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch lichten, from Old Dutch *liehton, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhtōn. By surface analysis, licht +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== lichten to illuminate, shine light Een lichtend voorbeeld voor de mensheid. ― A shining example for humanity. ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== lichten plural of licht == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪçtən/ === Etymology 1 === Derived from the adjective licht (“light; bright”) and/or the noun Licht (“light”). Compare Hunsrik leichte. ==== Verb ==== lichten (weak, third-person singular present lichtet, past tense lichtete, past participle gelichtet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to thin out; to clear; to make sparse (reflexive) to thin out; to be cleared; to become sparse (usually slowly) (reflexive, literary) to become light, bright (usually slowly) (reflexive, literary, of facial expression) to become bright; to lose sternness ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Middle Low German lichten, originally “to make light”, derived from licht (“light; not heavy”). After the Low German development -ft- → -cht- (compare Nichte), the verb was merged with, or at least influenced by, unrelated lüchten (“to lift”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną, whence also English lift. Compare Dutch lichten. ==== Verb ==== lichten (weak, third-person singular present lichtet, past tense lichtete, past participle gelichtet, auxiliary haben) (nautical) to weigh (the anchor) ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “lichten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “lichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “lichten” in Duden online “lichten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German lichten, from Old Saxon *līhtian, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄htijan. === Verb === lichten to illuminate (of lightning) to flash Synonym: blitzen ==== Derived terms ==== belichten ==== Related terms ==== Licht