Lautmalerei
German, noun/laʊ̯tmaːləˈʁaɪ̯/
Lautmalerei is spelled L-A-U-T-M-A-L-E-R-E-I (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lautmalerei is a German feminine noun meaning “onomatopoeia (property)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lautliche Gestaltung sprachlicher Ausdrücke in einer Weise, die den gemeinten Gegenstand oder Vorgang oder…”.
What does Lautmalerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineonomatopoeia (property)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lautliche Gestaltung sprachlicher Ausdrücke in einer Weise, die den gemeinten Gegenstand oder Vorgang oder das gemeinte Lebewesen nachahmt
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 Lautmalerei
- Lautmalereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lautmalerei?
- /laʊ̯tmaːləˈʁaɪ̯/
- [ˌlaʊ̯tmaːləˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lautmalerei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lautmalerei in German?
Lautmalerei appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).