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Laut
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, hlūt m, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd m or n (“sound”), derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud”).
Cognate with Dutch luid, geluid, Middle Low German lût, Old Frisian hlūd. Different formations from the same root are Old English hlȳd and Old Norse hljóð (whence Danish lyd etc.).
Pronunciation
Noun
Laut m (strong, genitive Lautes or Lauts, plural Laute)
- (fairly rare) any sound
- (more often) sound made by a person or animal
- (linguistics) sound of a language, phoneme
Declension
Declension of Laut [masculine, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Ablaut
- Ach-Laut
- Anlaut
- Auslaut
- Babylaut
- Doppellaut
- Engelaut, Frikativlaut, Reibelaut
- Gehirnlaut, Zerebrallaut
- Hauchlaut
- Ich-Laut
- Inlaut
- Kehlkopflaut, Glottallaut
- Kehllaut, Gutturallaut
- Knacklaut
- Lippenlaut, Labiallaut
- Mitlaut
- Nasenlaut, Nasallaut
- Seitenlaut, Laterallaut
- Selbstlaut
- Sprachlaut
- Sprechlaut
- Th-Laut
- Tierlaut
- Umlaut
- Verschlusslaut, Explosivlaut
- Zahnlaut, Dentallaut
- Zäpfchenlaut, Uvularllaut
- Zungenlaut, Linguallaut
- Zwielaut
Derived terms
- Lautangleichung
- Lautbezeichnung
- Lautbild
- lautgerecht
- Lautgesetz
- Lautheit
- lautlich
- lautlos
- Lautmalerei
- lautmalerisch
- Lautreihe
- Lautschrift
- Lautschwund
- Lautstand
- Lautverschiebung
- Lautwandel
- Lautzeichen
Related terms
Further reading
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Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Laut m (plural Laut)
- sound
- Was fer Laut is das?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz. Cognate with German Laut, Dutch luid, Old English hlȳd, Icelandic hljóð, Danish lyd.
Pronunciation
Noun
Laut m (plural Lauter)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Noun
Laut
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