In German, "light bulb" is die Glühbirne. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn German, "light bulb" is die Glühbirne. It is a noun. The word is spelled die Glühbirne and pronounced as written, following German pronunciation rules.
German nouns have three genders: masculine (der), feminine (die), and neuter (das). The gender of die Glühbirne should be learnt together with the word itself.
Use die Glühbirne as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In German, word order and agreement rules determine how die Glühbirne fits into a sentence.
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