Letten

See also: letten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

Letten

  1. plural of Let

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German lette, from Old High German letto, from Proto-Germanic *ladjō-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“moist, wet”). Cognate with Icelandic leðja (“mud, muck”), Welsh llaid (“mire”), Lithuanian latakas (“gutter”), and possibly Latin latex.

Alternative forms

Noun

Letten m (strong, genitive Lettens, plural Letten)

  1. loam, clay
  2. (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial) mud, muck
Declension
Declension of Letten [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Letten die Letten
genitive eines des Lettens der Letten
dative einem dem Letten den Letten
accusative einen den Letten die Letten
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Letten

  1. accusative singular of Lette
  2. dative singular of Lette
  3. genitive singular of Lette
  4. plural of Lette

Further reading

  • “Letten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Letten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Letten” in Duden online
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