lauten.
to be, to read (have a certain content or wording)
Meaning & usage
to be, to read (have a certain content or wording)
Wie lautet Ihre Adresse?
Der Brief lautet: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich setze Sie hiermit in Kenntnis, dass...
to sound, to ring
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German lūten (“to sound, ring”), from Old High German hlūtēn, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūdēn. Equivalent to Laut + -en. Cognate with Dutch luiden. The general sense was absorbed in Modern German by läuten, originally the factitive of lauten.
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