Polyglot Dictionary

Laie

/ˈlaɪ̯ə/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Laien

Meaning

  1. layman

    • Als Laie verstehe ich das nicht.

      As a layman I don't understand that.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

laico

laico is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "layman."

Practice

1 What does Laie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Als ___ verstehe ich das nicht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Laie?

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