Laune
See also: laune
German edit
Etymology edit
Via Middle High German from Latin lūna (“moon”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Laune f (genitive Laune, plural Launen)
- (often with haben or sein + in + dative) mood, humor
- Du hast heute gute Laune.
- You're in a good mood today.
- Ich bin heute auch in guter Laune.
- I'm in a good mood today too.
- whim
Declension edit
Declension of Laune [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Laune” in Duden online
- “Laune” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Laune”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891