"lau" meaning in German

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "für lau"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "lāo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lāo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lauw"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lauw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lukewarm"
      },
      "expansion": "English lukewarm",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lā (inflected lāwe), from Old High German lāo. Cognate with Dutch lauw. Also related with English lukewarm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lauer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lauer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am lauesten",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am lausten",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "comp"
      },
      "expansion": "lau (strong nominative masculine singular lauer, comparative lauer, superlative am lauesten or am lausten)",
      "name": "de-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "english": "to get on a gravy train",
          "sense": "lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)",
          "word": "sich einen lauen Lenz machen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "sense": "lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)",
          "word": "to ride the gravy train"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of lauwarm (“lukewarm, tepid”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lau-de-adj-MjXqnPEm",
      "links": [
        [
          "lauwarm",
          "lauwarm#German"
        ],
        [
          "lukewarm",
          "lukewarm"
        ],
        [
          "tepid",
          "tepid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "lukewarm, tepid",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "lauwarm"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It was a mild summer night. [i.e. one that is warm, but bringing welcome cooling after a hot day]",
          "text": "Es war eine laue Sommernacht.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat"
      ],
      "id": "en-lau-de-adj-FvfoWas1",
      "links": [
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant#English"
        ],
        [
          "cool",
          "cool#English"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often of wind or the night) mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wind or the night"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mild"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a cushy job",
          "text": "ein lauer Job",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cushy, easy"
      ],
      "id": "en-lau-de-adj-eKfkIzgV",
      "links": [
        [
          "cushy",
          "cushy"
        ],
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊ̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "lau"
}

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    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aʊ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/aʊ̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "für lau"
    },
    {
      "english": "to get on a gravy train",
      "sense": "lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)",
      "word": "sich einen lauen Lenz machen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)",
      "word": "to ride the gravy train"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "lāo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lāo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lauw"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lauw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lukewarm"
      },
      "expansion": "English lukewarm",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lā (inflected lāwe), from Old High German lāo. Cognate with Dutch lauw. Also related with English lukewarm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lauer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lauer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am lauesten",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am lausten",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "comp"
      },
      "expansion": "lau (strong nominative masculine singular lauer, comparative lauer, superlative am lauesten or am lausten)",
      "name": "de-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of lauwarm (“lukewarm, tepid”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lauwarm",
          "lauwarm#German"
        ],
        [
          "lukewarm",
          "lukewarm"
        ],
        [
          "tepid",
          "tepid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "lukewarm, tepid",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "lauwarm"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It was a mild summer night. [i.e. one that is warm, but bringing welcome cooling after a hot day]",
          "text": "Es war eine laue Sommernacht.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant#English"
        ],
        [
          "cool",
          "cool#English"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often of wind or the night) mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wind or the night"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mild"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a cushy job",
          "text": "ein lauer Job",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cushy, easy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cushy",
          "cushy"
        ],
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊ̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
    },
    {
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  "word": "lau"
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