Lache

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See also: lache, lachè, lâche, and lâché

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German lache, from Old High German lacha, lahha (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

The same word in a Low German form is Lake (“brine”), from Middle Low German lāke (“standing water; brine”), the latter of which seems also to have triggered the lengthened pronunciation of the -a- in Lache. Further cognates include Dutch laak (“lake, pond, stream”), Old English lacu (“lake, pond, stream”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːxə/, (predominant)
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaxə/, (dated or southern)
  • Rhymes: -aːχə
  • Hyphenation: La‧che

Noun

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

  1. puddle
  2. pool
Usage notes
  • Lache is usually said of a puddle that has come about through leaking or dripping, while one stemming from rain is called Pfütze.
Declension
Declension of Lache
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lache die Lachen
genitive einer der Lache der Lachen
dative einer der Lache den Lachen
accusative eine die Lache die Lachen
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German lache, from lachen (“to laugh”), from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan.

Pronunciation

Noun

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

  1. loud laughter
    Synonym: Gelächter
  2. one's laugh (a person's particular way of laughing)
Declension
Declension of Lache
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lache die Lachen
genitive einer der Lache der Lachen
dative einer der Lache den Lachen
accusative eine die Lache die Lachen

Further reading

  • “Lache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Lache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German lachen, from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan.

Pronunciation

Noun

Lache n (plural Lache)

  1. laughing, laugh

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