Lache

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːxə/, [ˈläːχə] (predominant)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/, [ˈläχə] (dated or southern)
• Rhymes: -aːχə
• Hyphenation: La‧che

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

1. puddle
2. pool

• Lache is usually said of a puddle that has come about through leaking or dripping, while one stemming from rain is called Pfütze.

• Lacke (Austria)

• Blutlache
• Öllache

From Middle High German lache, from lachen (“to laugh”), from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/, [ˈläχə]
• Rhymes: -aχə
• Hyphenation: La‧che

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

1. loud laughter

   Synonym: Gelächter

2. one's laugh (a person's particular way of laughing)

• “Lache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

From Middle High German lachen, from Old High German hlahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/

Lache n (plural Lache)

1. laughing, laugh

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary