Laut

See also: laut and ļaut

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, hlūt, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“sound, noise”).

Cognate with Dutch luid, geluid, Old English hlȳd, Old Norse hljóð, Norwegian Nynorsk ljod, Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (hliuþ), Danish lyd, Norwegian Bokmål lyd.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /laʊ̯t/
Rhymes: -aʊ̯t
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Noun edit

Laut m (strong, genitive Lautes or Lauts, plural Laute)

sound
noise

Declension edit

Declension of Laut [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Laut	die	Laute
genitive	eines	des	Lautes, Lauts	der	Laute
dative	einem	dem	Laut, Laute¹	den	Lauten
accusative	einen	den	Laut	die	Laute

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms edit

Engelaut, Reibelaut
Gehirnlaut = Zerebrallaut
Hauchlaut
Verschlußlaut, Verschlusslaut = Explosivlaut, Plosivlaut
Seitenlaut = Laterallaut
Lippenlaut = Labiallaut
Nasenlaut = Nasallaut
Zahnlaut = Dentallaut
Zungenlaut = Linguallaut

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

“Laut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Laut” in Duden online
“Laut”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /laʊ̯t/

Noun edit

Laut m (plural Laut)

sound
Was fer Laut is das?
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Further reading edit

Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /læːʊ̯t/

Noun edit

Laut m (plural Lauter)

sound

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Laut m

Noun edit

Laut

sound

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