Lampe

See also: lampe and lampé

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlampə/
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Noun

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

lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb) (Clipping of Glühlampe.)
scut (from hunter jargon: a rabbit's tail)

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

Related terms

Deckenlampe
Flurlampe
Halogenlampe
Küchenlampe
Lampenfieber
Lampenhalter
Lampenschalter
Lampenschirm
Lampensockel
Lampion
Lavalampe
Leselampe
Meister Lampe
Schreibtischlampe f (“desk lamp”)
Stehlampe
Straßenlampe
Taschenlampe
Tischlampe
Wandlampe
Zimmerlampe

Descendants

→ Czech: lampa
→ Latvian: lampa
→ Polish: lampa
→ Romanian: lampă
→ Serbo-Croatian: lampa / лампа
→ Slovak: lampa

Further reading

“Lampe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Lampe (Fabelfigur, Hase)” in Duden online
“Lampe (Leuchtkörper, Leuchte)” in Duden online

Anagrams

Ampel, Palme

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlampə/

Noun

Lampe f

plural of Lamp

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