das Lichtjahr
In English: light year
B1NOUN
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Noun forms
- Singular
- das Lichtjahr
- Plural
- die Lichtjahre
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Example sentences
Dieser Stern ist fünf Lichtjahre weit weg.
This star is five light years away.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRDie Milchstraße hat einen Durchmesser von über 100 000 Lichtjahren.
The Milky Way is over 100,000 light-years wide.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRDie Entfernung zwischen den Sternen wird in Lichtjahren gemessen.
The distance between stars is measured in light years.
Tatoeba · Sudajaengi · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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