loslachen
German, verb[ˈloːsˌlaxn̩]
loslachen is spelled L-O-S-L-A-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loslachen is a German verb meaning “to burst out laughing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlich anfangen zu lachen”.
What does loslachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burst out laughing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. plötzlich anfangen zu lachen
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 loslachen
- lacht los present singular third-person
- lachte los past
- losgelacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- loslachend participle present
- loszulachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lache los first-person indicative present
- lachen los first-person indicative plural
- lachst los indicative present second-person
- lachest los second-person singular subjunctive
- lachet los plural second-person subjunctive
- lachten los first-person indicative plural
- lachtest los indicative preterite second-person
- lachtet los indicative plural preterite
- lach los! imperative singular
- lacht los! imperative plural
- losgelacht haben active infinitive perfect
- losgelacht zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loslachen?
- [ˈloːsˌlaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is loslachen in German?
loslachen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).