Ablaut
German, noun/ˈaplaʊ̯t/
Ablaut is spelled A-B-L-A-U-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ablaut is a German masculine noun meaning “ablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vokalwechsel für Zwecke der Flexion oder Wortbildung”.
What does Ablaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineablaut (substitution of one root vowel for another)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vokalwechsel für Zwecke der Flexion oder Wortbildung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ablaut
- Ablautes genitive
- Ablauts genitive
- Ablaute plural
- Ablauten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ablaut?
- /ˈaplaʊ̯t/
- [ˈʔaplaʊ̯tʰ]
- [ˈapˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ablaut in German?
Ablaut appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).