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Heiligenschein

Heiligenschein

See also: heiligenschein

German

Noun

Heiligenschein m (genitive Heiligenscheins or Heiligenscheines, plural Heiligenscheine)

  1. aureola, aureole

heiligenschein

heiligenschein

See also: Heiligenschein

English

Noun

heiligenschein (uncountable)

  1. An optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics (as with dewy grass).