lachen
German, verb
lachen is spelled L-A-C-H-E-N (6 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written German, the 1,483rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lachen is a German verb meaning “to laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lachen is a different word: “gerund of lachen; laughter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wegen Belustigung den Mund öffnen und Laute ausstoßen”.
What does lachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to laugh
über einen Witz lachen
- 2
to smile
Das Glück hat ihr gelacht
noun
- 1
neutergerund of lachen; laughter
noun
- 1
all-case plural of Lache (“loud laughter”)
noun
- 1
all-case plural of Lache (“puddle, pool”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. wegen Belustigung den Mund öffnen und Laute ausstoßen
noun: 1. Ausdruck der Belustigung, der Freude
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 lachen
- lacht present singular third-person
- lachte past
- gelacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lachend participle present
- lache first-person indicative present
- lachst indicative present second-person
- lachest second-person singular subjunctive
- lachet plural second-person subjunctive
- lachten first-person indicative plural
- lachtest indicative preterite second-person
- lachtet indicative plural preterite
- lach imperative second-person singular
- habe gelacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gelacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- lache! imperative singular
- lach! imperative singular
- lacht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lachen in German?
lachen appears 58 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).