Laich
German, noun
Laich is spelled L-A-I-C-H (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laich is a German masculine noun meaning “spawn (eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, laich is a different word: “singular imperative of laichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eier von Fischen, Amphibien oder anderen Tieren, die eben diese im Wasser ablegen”.
What does Laich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespawn (eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of laichen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of laichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eier von Fischen, Amphibien oder anderen Tieren, die eben diese im Wasser ablegen
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 Laich
- Laiches genitive
- Laichs genitive
- Laiche plural
- Laichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Laich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Laich in German?
Laich appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).