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 Middle Dutch lachen, 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

Conjugation of lachen (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive lachen
past singular lachte
past participle gelachen
infinitive lachen
gerund lachen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular lachlachte
2nd person sing. (jij) lachtlachte
2nd person sing. (u) lachtlachte
2nd person sing. (gij) lachtlachte
3rd person singular lachtlachte
plural lachenlachten
subjunctive sing.1 lachelachte
subjunctive plur.1 lachenlachten
imperative sing. lach
imperative plur.1 lacht
participles lachendgelachen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

German

lachen

Etymology

From Middle High German lachen, 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

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 Middle Low German lachen, 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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

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