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lauten

German, verb

lauten is spelled L-A-U-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lauten is a German verb meaning “to be, to read (have a certain content or wording)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of laut. With an umlaut, läuten is a different word: “to ring, toll (a bell)”. With a capital, Lauten is a different word: “plural of Laute”. On this page, Läuten is a different word: “gerund of läuten: ringing, tolling”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus den genannten Worten bestehen, den Wortlaut haben”.

What does lauten mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to be, to read (have a certain content or wording)

    Wie lautet Ihre Adresse?

  2. 2

    obsoleteto sound, to ring

adjective

  1. 1

    masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular

  2. 2

    weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular

  3. 3

    masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular

  4. 4

    strong dative plural

  5. 5

    weak/mixed all-case plural

verb

as läuten
  1. 1

    to ring, toll (a bell)

  2. 2

    to ring, toll

  3. 3

    to ring (at a door, front desk, etc.)

  4. 4

    to ring

noun

as Lauten
  1. 1

    feminineplural of Laute

noun

as Lauten
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Laut

noun

as Lauten
  1. 1

    neutergerund of lauten

noun

as Läuten
  1. 1

    neutergerund of läuten: ringing, tolling

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Geräusche durch das Bewegen einer Glocke hervorrufen 2. (an einem Eingang) akustisch auf sich aufmerksam machen 3. (an einem Eingang) akustisch Aufmerksamkeit hervorrufen

noun: 1. Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Laute 2. Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Laute 3. Dativ Plural des Substantivs Laute 4. Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Laute

noun: 1. Dativ Plural des Substantivs Laut

verb: 1. aus den genannten Worten bestehen, den Wortlaut haben 2. sich anhören, klingen

noun: 1. Handlung zu läuten

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 lauten

  • lautet present singular third-person
  • lautete past
  • gelautet participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • lautend participle present
  • laute first-person indicative present
  • lautest indicative present second-person
  • lauteten first-person indicative plural
  • lautetest indicative preterite second-person
  • lautetet indicative plural preterite
  • laut imperative second-person singular
  • habe gelautet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gelautet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • läute present
  • läutest present
  • läutet present
  • läutete past
  • läut! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to lauten

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is lauten in German?

lauten 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).

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