Gelächter

From Middle High German gelehter, a collective form of Middle High German lahter, from Old High German lahtar, hlahtar (8th century), from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”). Cognate with Old English hleahtor (whence English laughter) and Danish latter.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɛçtɐ/

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1. laughter, laughing
2. object of ridicule

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• Gelächter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Gelächter” in Duden online
• “Gelächter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gelächter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.