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Etymology

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From Laut (sound) +‎ Stand (state, level).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʊ̯tˌʃtant/
  • Hyphenation: Laut‧stand

Noun

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Lautstand m (strong, genitive Lautstands or Lautstandes, plural Lautstände)

  1. (linguistics) the outcome of a sound shift in a given language; a phonetic system in comparison to related languages
    Das Ripuarische zeigt Verschiebung von t und postvokalischem p, k. Ansonsten hat es niederfränkischen Lautstand.
    Ripuarian has shifted t and postvocalic p, k. Otherwise it shows Low Franconian sound correspondences.

Declension

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Further reading

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