Verschlusslaut
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊsˌlaʊ̯t/
Verschlusslaut is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-U-S-S-L-A-U-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschlusslaut is a German masculine noun meaning “stop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Laut, der durch plötzliche Öffnung des Artikulationskanals erzeugt wird (zu den Verschlusslauten gehören: p…”.
What does Verschlusslaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestop
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laut, der durch plötzliche Öffnung des Artikulationskanals erzeugt wird (zu den Verschlusslauten gehören: p, t, k (fortis); b, d, g (lenis); außerdem der Knacklaut)
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 Verschlusslaut
- Verschlusslautes genitive
- Verschlusslauts genitive
- Verschlusslaute plural
- Verschlusslauten dative definite plural
- Verschlußlaut alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschlusslaut?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊsˌlaʊ̯t/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊsˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verschlusslaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verschlusslaut in German?
Verschlusslaut appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).