Laus

See also: laus and -laus

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

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Noun

Laus f (genitive Laus, plural Läuse, diminutive Läuschen n, feminine (rare) Läusin)

1. louse

Declension

Declension of Laus [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Laus	die	Läuse
genitive	einer	der	Laus	der	Läuse
dative	einer	der	Laus	den	Läusen
accusative	eine	die	Laus	die	Läuse

Related terms

• Blattlaus
• Elefantenlaus
• entlausen
• Entlausung
• Filzlaus
• Kopflaus
• Lausbub
• Lausebengel
• lausen
• lausig
• Schildlaus
• Steinlaus
• verlaust
• Wanze

 

See also

• Nisse f

Further reading

• “Laus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Laus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Laus” in Duden online
• “Laus” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Laus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German lūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊ̯s/

Noun

Laus f (plural Leis)

1. louse

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German lūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læu̯s/, [læˑʊ̯s]

Noun

Laus f (plural Lais)

1. louse (insect)

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German lūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Compare German Laus, Dutch luis, English louse.

Noun

Laus f (plural Leis)

1. louse