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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Suchscheinwerferboot

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zux.ʃaɪn.vɛʁ.fɐ.boːt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kousentei/koʊˈsɛn.teɪ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #98500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Suchscheinwerferboot patrouillierte auf dem Fluss."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A specialized watercraft equipped with high-intensity searchlights used for illumination, signaling, or tactical operations.

    "The maritime museum displayed a historical model of a kousentei used during early twentieth-century naval patrols."
  2. 2

    A lightboat or searchlight boat utilized in coastal or river navigation for visibility enhancement.

    "Navigational guides noted the deployment of a kousentei to assist ships through the fog-bound channel."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Japanese term 'kōsentei' (光線艇), composed of 'kōsen' (光線, meaning ray or beam of light) and 'tei' (艇, meaning boat or craft). Historically used in maritime contexts to describe specialized vessels equipped with searchlights or signaling lights.

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