Laut

See also: laut and ļaut

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, hlūt m, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd m or n (“sound”), derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud”).

Cognate with Dutch luid, geluid, Middle Low German lût, Old Frisian hlūd. Different formations from the same root are Old English hlȳd and Old Norse hljóð (whence Danish lyd etc.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊ̯t/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯t

Noun

Laut m (strong, genitive Lautes or Lauts, plural Laute)

1. (fairly rare) any sound

   Synonyms: Geräusch, Klang, Schall, Ton

2. (more often) sound made by a person or animal

   Synonyms: Ton, Ruf

3. (linguistics) sound of a language, phoneme

Declension

Declension of Laut [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	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 rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Ablaut
• Ach-Laut
• Anlaut
• Auslaut
• Babylaut
• Doppellaut
• Engelaut, Frikativlaut, Reibelaut
• Gehirnlaut, Zerebrallaut
• Hauchlaut
• Ich-Laut
• Inlaut
• Kehlkopflaut, Glottallaut
• Kehllaut, Gutturallaut
• Knacklaut
• Lippenlaut, Labiallaut
• Mitlaut
• Nasenlaut, Nasallaut
• Seitenlaut, Laterallaut
• Selbstlaut
• Sprachlaut
• Sprechlaut
• Th-Laut
• Tierlaut
• Umlaut
• Verschlusslaut, Explosivlaut
• Zahnlaut, Dentallaut
• Zäpfchenlaut, Uvularllaut
• Zungenlaut, Linguallaut
• Zwielaut

Derived terms

• Lautangleichung
• Lautbezeichnung
• Lautbild
• lautgerecht
• Lautgesetz
• Lautheit
• lautlich
• lautlos
• Lautmalerei
• lautmalerisch
• Lautreihe
• Lautschrift
• Lautschwund
• Lautstand
• Lautverschiebung
• Lautwandel
• Lautzeichen

Related terms

• laut
• lauten, lautieren
• Lautung

Further reading

• “Laut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Laut” in Duden online
• “Laut”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2025

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊ̯t/

Noun

Laut m (plural Laut)

1. sound

   Was fer Laut is das?

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Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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)

1. sound

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Laut m

Noun

Laut

1. sound