Doppellaut

German

Etymology

doppel- (“double”) +‎ Laut (“sound”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɔpl̩ˌlaʊ̯t/
Audio (file)

Noun

Doppellaut m (strong, genitive Doppellautes or Doppellauts, plural Doppellaute)

(linguistics, phonetics) diphthong
(linguistics) double vowel or double consonant

Declension

Declension of Doppellaut [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Doppellaut	die	Doppellaute
genitive	eines	des	Doppellautes, Doppellauts	der	Doppellaute
dative	einem	dem	Doppellaut, Doppellaute¹	den	Doppellauten
accusative	einen	den	Doppellaut	die	Doppellaute

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

(diphthong) Zwielaut, Diphthong

Hyponyms

(double vowel or double consonant) Doppelvokal, Doppelkonsonant

Related terms

Doppelgänger, Doppelmoral, Doppelpunkt, Doppelpyramide
Anlaut, Ablaut, Mitlaut, Selbstlaut, Umlaut, vorlaut

Further reading

“Doppellaut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Doppellaut” in Duden online

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.