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

Verb

lachen

  1. (intransitive) to laugh

Conjugation

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 lach lachte
2nd person sing. (jij) lacht, lach2 lachte
2nd person sing. (u) lacht lachte
2nd person sing. (gij) lacht lachte
3rd person singular lacht lachte
plural lachen lachten
subjunctive sing.1 lache lachte
subjunctive plur.1 lachen lachten
imperative sing. lach
imperative plur.1 lacht
participles lachend gelachen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

German

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]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(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) to smile [with dative ‘upon someone’]
    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): /ˈlaxən/

Verb

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

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

Conjugation of lachen (weak verb)
infinitive lachen
present preterite
1st person singular lach lach
2nd person singular lachs(t) lachs(t)
3rd person singular lach(t) lach
plural lacht, lachen lachen
imperative
singular lach(e)
plural lacht
present past
participle lachen (e)lacht, gelacht

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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