lauten

Meaning

Verb

1. (weak) to read (have a certain content or wording)
2. (obsolete,weak) to sound, ring

Adj

1. (form-of,genitive,masculine,neuter,singular,strong) inflection of laut:
2. (dative,form-of,genitive,mixed,singular,weak) inflection of laut:
3. (accusative,form-of,masculine,mixed,singular,strong,weak) inflection of laut:
4. (dative,form-of,plural,strong) inflection of laut:
5. (form-of,mixed,plural,weak) inflection of laut:

Concepts

be

read

go

sound

say

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlaʊ̯.tən/

Etymology

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.