Laut
See also: laut and ļaut
German
Etymology
From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, hlūt, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“sound, noise”). Cognate with Dutch luid, geluid, Old English hlȳd, Old Norse hljóð, Norwegian Nynorsk ljod, Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (hliuþ), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lyd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [laʊ̯t]
audio (Germany) (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊ̯t
Noun
Laut m (genitive Lautes, plural Laute)
- sound
- noise
Declension
Declension of Laut
singular | plural | ||||
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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 uncommon, see notes
Derived terms
Laut
- Ablaut
- Anlaut
- Auslaut
- Doppellaut
- Lautangleichung
- Lautbezeichnung
- Lautbild
- Lautgesetz
- Lautheit
- lautlich
- lautlos
- Lautmalerei
- lautmalerisch
- Lautreihe
- Lautschrift
- Lautschwund
- Lautverschiebung
- Lautwandel
- Lautzeichen
- Mitlaut
- Selbstlaut
- Sprachlaut
- Sprechlaut
- Umlaut
- Zwielaut
- Ach-Laut, Achlaut, ach-Laut
- Ich-Laut, Ichlaut
- th-Laut
- Engelaut, Reibelaut
- Gehirnlaut = Zerebrallaut
- Hauchlaut
- Verschlußlaut, Verschlusslaut = Explosivlaut, Plosivlaut
- Laterallaut
- Lippenlaut = Labiallaut
- Nasenlaut = Nasallaut
- Zahnlaut = Dentallaut
- Zungenlaut = Linguallaut
Related terms
- lautieren
- Lautung
Further reading
- “Laut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Laut” in canoo.net
- Laut in Duden online
- “Laut” in PONS (pons.com)
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
- IPA(key): /læːʊ̯t/
Noun
Laut m (plural Lauter)
- sound
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Laut m
Noun
Laut
- sound