Inlaut
German, noun/ˈɪnˌlaʊ̯t/
Inlaut is spelled I-N-L-A-U-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inlaut is a German masculine noun meaning “inlaut, the position of a sound in the middle of a word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Laut in einer mittleren Position, also weder an erster noch an letzter Stelle eines Wortes”.
What does Inlaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinlaut, the position of a sound in the middle of a word
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laut in einer mittleren Position, also weder an erster noch an letzter Stelle eines Wortes
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 Inlaut
- Inlautes genitive
- Inlauts genitive
- Inlaute plural
- Inlauten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Inlaut?
- /ˈɪnˌlaʊ̯t/
- [ˈɪnˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Inlaut in German?
Inlaut appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).