Laute

See also: laute, laŭte, and läute

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ̯tə/

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German lūte (14th c.), from Old French leüt, from Old Spanish laúd, alod, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd).

Noun

Laute f (genitive Laute, plural Lauten)

1. (music) lute

Declension

Declension of Laute [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Laute	die	Lauten
genitive	einer	der	Laute	der	Lauten
dative	einer	der	Laute	den	Lauten
accusative	eine	die	Laute	die	Lauten

Hypernyms

• Saiteninstrument
• Zupfinstrument

Derived terms

• Jochlaute
• Lautenklavier
• Lautenwerk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Laute m pl

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Laut

Further reading

• “Laute” in Duden online
• “Laute”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)