Leitton in German

IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯t.toːn/ Audio: De-Leitton.ogg

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Etymology: leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”) Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|leiten<t:to lead>|Ton<t:note>}}, {{af|de|leiten|Ton|t1=to lead|t2=note}} leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Leitton m (strong, genitive Leittones or Leittons, plural Leittöne) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Leittones [genitive], Leittons [genitive], Leittöne [plural], strong [table-tags], Leitton [nominative, singular], Leittöne [definite, nominative, plural], Leittones [genitive, singular], Leittons [genitive, singular], Leittöne [definite, genitive, plural], Leitton [dative, singular], Leittone [dative, singular], Leittönen [dative, definite, plural], Leitton [accusative, singular], Leittöne [accusative, definite, plural]

Inflected forms

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        "4": "Ton<t:note>"
      },
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      "tags": [
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    }
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}

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        "table-tags"
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      ]
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"Leitton" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms