Mitlaut

German

Alternative forms

Mitlauter (dated)

Etymology

mit (“with”) +‎ Laut (“sound”), a calque from Latin littera cōnsonāns (“consonant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtˌlaʊ̯t]
Hyphenation: Mit‧laut

Noun

Mitlaut m (genitive Mitlautes or Mitlauts, plural Mitlaute)

(linguistics, phonetics) consonant

Declension

Declension of Mitlaut

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mitlaut	die	Mitlaute
genitive	eines	des	Mitlautes, Mitlauts	der	Mitlaute
dative	einem	dem	Mitlaut, Mitlaute¹	den	Mitlauten
accusative	einen	den	Mitlaut	die	Mitlaute

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Konsonant
Mitstimmer (dated)

Antonyms

Selbstlaut, Vokal

Further reading

Mitlaut in Duden online

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