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Blaulicht
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German
Etymology
de :af blau Licht
de blau Licht
Pronunciation
de /ˈblaʊ̯ˌlɪçt/
de De-Blaulicht.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɪçt 2
Noun
n,s:es,er
de slightly informal flashing or rotating emergency light usually on a vehicle
de Rundumkennleuchte officialese
de Das Polizeiauto ist mit Blaulicht an mir vorbeigerast. The police car raced past me with flashing lights.
de colloquial metonymic chiefly uncountable emergency vehicle(s) with such flashing lights
de Mir ist vorhin auf der Autobahn viel Blaulicht entgegengekommen. Earlier on the highway there were a lot of emergency vehicles going the other way.
Usage notes
Such lights are generally blue in German-speaking Europe, but if they happened to have another colour the term de Blaulicht could still be used.
Warning lights at roadworks and the like, which are typically yellow, are called de Warnlicht or de Warnlampe.
Declension
n,s:es,er
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