Polyglot Dictionary

Laus

/laʊ̯s/

die noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Läuse

Meaning

  1. louse

    • Das Kind hat Läuse.

      The child has lice.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

piojo

piojo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "louse."

Portuguese

piolho

piolho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "louse."

Practice

1 What does Laus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Kind hat ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Laus?

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