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From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, hlūt m, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd m or n (“sound”), derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud”).

Cognate with Dutch luid, geluid, Middle Low German lût, Old Frisian hlūd. Different formations from the same root are Old English hlȳd and Old Norse hljóð (whence Danish lyd etc.).

Laut m (strong, genitive Lautes or Lauts, plural Laute)

  1. (fairly rare) any sound
    Synonyms: Geräusch, Klang, Schall, Ton
  2. (more often) sound made by a person or animal
    Synonyms: Ton, Ruf
  3. (linguistics) sound of a language, phoneme

Laut m (plural **Laut)

  1. sound
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From Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz. Cognate with German Laut, Dutch luid, Old English hlȳd, Icelandic hljóð, Danish lyd.

Laut m (plural Lauter)

  1. sound

Pennsylvania German

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Compare German Laut m

Laut

  1. sound