lautmalend

onomatopoeic

English translations

  1. 01

    onomatopoeic

  2. 02

    imitative

Word details

German meaning
Lautmalend bedeutet, dass ein Wort den Klang nachahmt, den es beschreibt.
English meaning
Onomatopoeic means that a word imitates the sound it describes.
Synonym
onomatopoetisch, klangmalerisch
German example
Das Wort 'Kuckuck' ist ein lautmalendes Wort.
English example
The word 'cuckoo' is an onomatopoeic word.

Example sentences with “lautmalend”

  1. Das Wort ist lautmalend. (The word is onomatopoeic.)

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