Gelächter

== German == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɛçtɐ/ === Noun === Gelächter n (strong, genitive Gelächters, plural Gelächter) laughter, laughing object of ridicule ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Gelächter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Gelächter” in Duden online “Gelächter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Gelächter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.