Leute
Meaning
people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another), folk (folks), peeps (slang), guys (boys and/or girls)
Concepts
great number
People
men on duty
well-bred man
Synonyms
Volksmasse
die Masse
Kopfzahl
Diensttuender
gemeine Volk
Personalbestand
Personenzahl
alle Welt
breite Masse
Staatbürgerschaft
Statsangehörigkeit
in die Runde
man allgemein
Leuts
Begleitperson
Frequency
Dialects
Fribourg
lüt
Graubünden
lüt
Zürich
lüt
Graubünden
lüüt
Lucerne
lüt
Appenzell Innerrhoden
lüt
Zürich
lüüt
Basel-Landschaft
lüüt
Basel-Landschaft
lyt
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɔʏ̯tə/
Etymology
From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, also liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Compare Dutch lieden, luden, luiden, Old Norse lýðir (“people”) (whence Icelandic lýður), Old Saxon liudi, Old English lēode (“people”), English lede (“people”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Serbo-Croatian ljȗdi, Slovene ljudjẹ̑, Bulgarian люде (ljude), Russian люди (ljudi). More at leod and Proto-Slavic *ľudьje.
Leut
Alternative form of Leute
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Sentences
Das würde die Leute 🧑🤝🧑 wirklich zur Verzweiflung treiben .
That would really drive people to despair.
Wieso sind die Leute 🧑🤝🧑 so gleichgültig ?
Why are people so indifferent?
Mit der Zeit ⌚ lernt man 1️⃣ Leute 🧑🤝🧑 einzuschätzen .
Over time, you learn to assess people.