Ablaut

See also: ablaut

German

Etymology

ab- +‎ Laut

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaplaʊ̯t/, [ˈʔaplaʊ̯tʰ]

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• Hyphenation: Ab‧laut

Noun

Examples
singen (“to sing”) → sang (“sang”) trinken (“to drink”) → trank (“drank”)

Ablaut m (strong, genitive Ablautes or Ablauts, plural Ablaute)

1. (linguistics) ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another)

Declension

Declension of Ablaut [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ablaut	die	Ablaute
genitive	eines	des	Ablautes, Ablauts	der	Ablaute
dative	einem	dem	Ablaut, Ablaute1	den	Ablauten
accusative	einen	den	Ablaut	die	Ablaute

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• ablauten

Related terms

• Anlaut
• Doppellaut
• Mitlaut
• Selbstlaut
• Umlaut

Descendants

• → English: ablaut
• → Serbo-Croatian: ablaut

Further reading

• “Ablaut” in Duden online
• “Ablaut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache