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lauten.

to be, to read (have a certain content or wording)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈlaʊ̯.tən/
  1. to be, to read (have a certain content or wording)

    copulative · formal · weak
    Wie lautet Ihre Adresse?
    Der Brief lautet: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich setze Sie hiermit in Kenntnis, dass...
  2. to sound, to ring

    obsolete · weak
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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