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Laut.

any sound

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/laʊ̯t/
  1. any sound

    masculine · strong
  2. sound made by a person or animal

    masculine · strong
  3. sound of a language, phoneme

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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.).

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