Lache

See also: lache, lachè, lâche, and lâché

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German lache, from Old High German lacha, lahha (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

The same word in a Low German form is Lake (“brine”), from Middle Low German lāke (“standing water; brine”), the latter of which seems also to have triggered the lengthened pronunciation of the -a- in Lache. Further cognates include Dutch laak (“lake, pond, stream”), Old English lacu (“lake, pond, stream”), modern English lake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːxə/, [ˈläːχə] (predominant)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/, [ˈläχə] (dated or southern)
• Rhymes: -aːχə
• Hyphenation: La‧che

Noun

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

1. puddle
2. pool

Usage notes

• Lache is usually said of a puddle that has come about through leaking or dripping, while one stemming from rain is called Pfütze.

Declension

Declension of Lache [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lache	die	Lachen
genitive	einer	der	Lache	der	Lachen
dative	einer	der	Lache	den	Lachen
accusative	eine	die	Lache	die	Lachen

Alternative forms

• Lacke (Austria)

Derived terms

• Blutlache
• Öllache

Etymology 2

From Middle High German lache, from lachen (“to laugh”), from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/, [ˈläχə]
• Rhymes: -aχə
• Hyphenation: La‧che

Noun

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

1. (Germany) loud laughter

   Synonyms: Gelächter, Lachen

2. (Germany) one's laugh (a person's particular way of laughing)

   Synonym: Lachen

Declension

Declension of Lache [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lache	die	Lachen
genitive	einer	der	Lache	der	Lachen
dative	einer	der	Lache	den	Lachen
accusative	eine	die	Lache	die	Lachen

Further reading

• “Lache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German lachen, from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/

Noun

Lache n (plural Lache)

1. laughing, laugh

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Lache”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch