Lache

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German lache, from Old High German lacha, lahha (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-West Germanic *laku. The same word in a Low German form is Lake (“brine”), from Middle Low German lāke (“standing water; brine”), the latter of which seems also to have triggered the lengthened pronunciation of the -a- in Lache. Further cognates include Dutch laak (“lake, pond, stream”), Old English lacu (“lake, pond, stream”), modern English lake. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlaːxə/, [ˈläːχə] (predominant) IPA(key): /ˈlaxə/, [ˈläχə] (dated or southern) Rhymes: -aːχə Hyphenation: La‧che ==== Noun ==== Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen) puddle pool ===== Usage notes ===== Lache is usually said of a puddle that has come about through leaking or dripping, while one stemming from rain is called Pfütze. ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Lacke (Austria) ===== Derived terms ===== Blutlache Öllache === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German lache, from lachen (“to laugh”), from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlaxə/, [ˈläχə] Rhymes: -aχə Hyphenation: La‧che ==== Noun ==== Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen) (Germany) loud laughter Synonyms: Gelächter, Lachen (Germany) one's laugh (a person's particular way of laughing) Synonym: Lachen ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Lache”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Lache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German lachen, from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlaxə/ === Noun === Lache n (plural Lache) laughing, laugh === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Lache”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch