Lautwandel
German, noun/ˈlaʊ̯tˌvandəl/
Lautwandel is spelled L-A-U-T-W-A-N-D-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lautwandel is a German masculine noun meaning “sound change” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veränderung von Lauten einer Sprache im Lauf der Zeit”.
What does Lautwandel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesound change
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veränderung von Lauten einer Sprache im Lauf der Zeit
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 Lautwandel
- Lautwandels genitive
- Lautwandeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lautwandel?
- /ˈlaʊ̯tˌvandəl/
- [ˈlaʊ̯tˌvan.dl̩]
- [-ˌʋan-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lautwandel in German?
Lautwandel appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).