Lichtenkark in Low German

Pronunciation: /lɪçtn̩ka͡ɐk/

noun

Syllabication: Lich·ten·kark

Does not appear in plural f de Lichtenkark

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peripheral vocabulary

religion

Low Saxon:

Miss in ’t Düüster, wenn in de Kark Lichten brennt, besünners de Gottsdeenst nachtens to Wiehnachten

English:

night mass

Midnight Mass

Dutch:

nachtmis

German:

Christvesper

Examples:

Ik gah bloots to Lichtenkark na ’n Gottsdeenst.

image illustrating the submeaning

Stevoeg, CC BY-SA 3.0

Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: Licht + Kark

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