Feminine

Lotterie

Synonyms

Lotteriespiel

Totoschein

Lotterielos

Auslosungsstichprobenverfahren

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

verloosede

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌlɔtəˈʁiː/
Etymology

In summary

Via early modern Dutch [Term?] from Middle Dutch loterye, which is derived from the cognate of German Los (“lot”). The word originates from the bilingual contact zones of Flanders and may be a Frenchified form of earlier Middle Dutch lotinghe (German Losung). Compare contemporary Dutch loterij, French loterie.

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