Letten

See also: letten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

Letten

1. plural of Let

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.tən/, /ˈlɛ.tn̩/ (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.tɛn/, /ˈlɛ.tn̩/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)

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• Rhymes: -ɛtən

Etymology 1

From Middle High German lette, from Old High German letto, from Proto-Germanic *ladjō-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“moist, wet”). Cognate with Icelandic leðja (“mud, muck”), Welsh llaid (“mire”), Lithuanian latakas (“gutter”), and possibly Latin latex.

Alternative forms

• Lett, Lette

Noun

Letten m (strong, genitive Lettens, plural Letten)

1. loam, clay
2. (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial) mud, muck

Declension

Declension of Letten [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Letten	die	Letten
genitive	eines	des	Lettens	der	Letten
dative	einem	dem	Letten	den	Letten
accusative	einen	den	Letten	die	Letten

Derived terms

• lettig

See also

• Lehm
• Ton

Etymology 2

Noun

Letten

1. accusative singular of Lette
2. dative singular of Lette
3. genitive singular of Lette
4. plural of Lette

Further reading

• “Letten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Letten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Letten” in Duden online