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

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯s
• Syllabification: Laus

Noun

Laus f (plural Leis)

1. louse

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Latin

Alternative forms

• Laus Nova, Laus Pompeia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫau̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlau̯s]

Proper noun

Laus f sg (genitive Laudis); third declension

1. Lodi (a town in Lombardy, Italy)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Laus
genitive	Laudis
dative	Laudī
accusative	Laudem
ablative	Laude
vocative	Laus
locative	Laudī Laude

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)

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