lachen
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Verb
lachen
- to laugh
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- Lachen. Ridere.
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- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Dutch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *lahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑxə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧chen
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
German

Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German lahhen, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaxən/, [ˈlaxən], [ˈlaxn̩], [ˈlaχən], [ˈlaχn̩]
Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -aχn̩
Verb
lachen (weak, third-person singular present lacht, past tense lachte, past participle gelacht, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to laugh
- über einen Witz lachen
- to laugh at a joke
- (poetic, with dative) to smile upon (somebody)
- Das Glück hat ihr gelacht
- Fortune had smiled upon her
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Hyponyms
- ablachen, anlachen, auslachen
- sich gesundlachen
- sich kranklachen
- schief lachen, schieflachen
- sich schlapplachen
- sich totlachen
- sich weglachen
Related terms
- Lachnummer, Lachsack, Lachsalve, Lachyoga
- da lachen ja die Hühner, Bargeld lacht
- Weltlachtag
Further reading
- “lachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “lachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “lachen” in Duden online
lachen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Low German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Saxon hlahhian, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaxːən/
Conjugation
| infinitive | lachen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | lach | lach |
| 2nd person singular | lachs(t) | lachs(t) |
| 3rd person singular | lach(t) | lach |
| plural | lacht, lachen | lachen |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | lach(e) | |
| plural | lacht | |
| participle | present | past |
| lachen | (e)lacht, gelacht | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *lahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Limburgish: lache
Further reading
- “lachen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lachen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I