"Anlaut" meaning in German

See Anlaut in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈanˌlaʊ̯t/ Audio: De-Anlaut.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From an- + Laut. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|an-|Laut}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*hlūdaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*hlūd", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "lūt", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "lūt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Laut", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Anlaut", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Anlaut">, {{prefix|de|an|Laut}} an- + Laut Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Anlaut m (strong, genitive Anlautes or Anlauts, plural Anlaute) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Anlautes [genitive], Anlauts [genitive], Anlaute [plural], strong [table-tags], Anlaut [nominative, singular], Anlaute [definite, nominative, plural], Anlautes [genitive, singular], Anlauts [genitive, singular], Anlaute [definite, genitive, plural], Anlaut [dative, singular], Anlaute [dative, singular], Anlauten [dative, definite, plural], Anlaut [accusative, singular], Anlaute [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (linguistics) anlaut, depending on the context either of the following:
    the position of a sound at the beginning of a word
    Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Wortanlaut, absoluter Anlaut Coordinate_terms: Auslaut, Inlaut
    Sense id: en-Anlaut-de-noun-wj765laU Categories (other): Linguistics, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with an-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with an-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) anlaut, depending on the context either of the following:
    the position of a sound at the beginning of a syllable
    Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Silbenanlaut Coordinate_terms: Auslaut, Inlaut
    Sense id: en-Anlaut-de-noun-kNa92fSP Categories (other): Linguistics, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with an-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with an-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Anlauterweichung Related terms: Ablaut, anläuten, anlauten, Auslaut, Doppellaut, Mitlaut, Selbstlaut, Umlaut

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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    },
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        "the position of a sound at the beginning of a syllable"
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      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈanˌlaʊ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Anlaut.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/De-Anlaut.ogg/De-Anlaut.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/De-Anlaut.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Anlaut"
}

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