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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "hell" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "hell" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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What about the noun and adjective licht?
Can you define these and would usefulness score be 3/5?
I’d put that at a 2/5 and only for books. The only context I could think of right now was “lichtes Haar”, which is when the hair is thinning out slowly (getting less). Or “ein lichter Wald”, which is a forest that’s not dense. Yeah, maybe “not dense” is a good match.
I am sorry to bother you further about this word [i know you are busy] but I feel the need to seek further clarification about this noun and adjective licht.
The second area of meaning has 5 usages; these are about weight, density, amount, or intensity, quantity, gentleness, profoundness.
The German adjective doesn’t do this? It remains tight to the photon meaning of light?
No, not really. Think of it as “not dense”, and only fitting for a few contexts. Like a “not dense” forest. One aspect of a forest not being dense is that there is a lot of light coming in, but “lichtes Haar” for instance is not really about “light coming in”. It’s just about “not dense”.