Laute
German, noun
Laute is spelled L-A-U-T-E (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laute is a German feminine noun meaning “lute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Laut. In lower case, laute is a different word: “first-person singular present”. On this page, läute is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Saiteninstrument mit birnenförmigem Korpus und angesetztem Hals”.
What does Laute mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelute
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Laut
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saiteninstrument mit birnenförmigem Korpus und angesetztem Hals
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 Laute
- Lauten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Laute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Laute in German?
Laute appears 10 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).