lautmalerisch
German, adjective/ˈlaʊ̯tˌmaːləʁɪʃ/
lautmalerisch is a German adjective meaning “onomatopoeic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die für den bezeichneten Gegenstand typischen Töne oder Geräusche imitierend”.
What does lautmalerisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
onomatopoeic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die für den bezeichneten Gegenstand typischen Töne oder Geräusche imitierend
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 lautmalerisch
- lautmalerischer masculine nominative singular
- am lautmalerischsten superlative
- lautmalerische feminine nominative singular
- lautmalerisches neuter nominative singular
- lautmalerischen genitive masculine singular
- lautmalerischem dative masculine singular
- der lautmalerische definite includes-article masculine
- die lautmalerische definite feminine includes-article
- das lautmalerische definite includes-article neuter
- die lautmalerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des lautmalerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der lautmalerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem lautmalerischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lautmalerisch?
- /ˈlaʊ̯tˌmaːləʁɪʃ/
- [ˈlaʊ̯tˌmaːləʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lautmalerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lautmalerisch in German?
lautmalerisch appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).