lt.
German, preposition
lt. is spelled L-T (2 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lt. is a German preposition meaning “abbreviation of laut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lt. mean in English?
preposition
- 1
abbreviation of laut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für laut (Präposition)
abbreviation: 1. Landtag
abbreviation: 1. Leutnant (Dienstgrad der Bundeswehr)
abbreviation: 1. Leutnant (Dienstgrad der Bundeswehr)
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 lt.
- Lt alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is lt. in German?
lt. appears 8.7 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).