lachen

See also: Lachen

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

Verb

lachen

  1. to laugh
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Lachen. Ridere.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧chen

Verb

lachen

  1. (intransitive) to laugh

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: lag
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: laki
  • Javindo: lach, lag, lah
  • Negerhollands: lach, lak
  • Petjo: lahen

German

lachen

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]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aχn̩

Verb

lachen (weak, third-person singular present lacht, past tense lachte, past participle gelacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to laugh
    über einen Witz lachen
    to laugh at a joke
  2. (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

Derived terms

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/

Verb

lachen (past singular lach, past participle lacht, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

Verb

lachen

  1. to laugh
  2. to smile
  3. to be happy

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: lache

Further reading

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