1. the tone, the sound (In physics and music, the sum of a bunch of tones. In daily life also often used in the sense of how something sounds.)
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der Klang
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A fun look at the word "lauter", why it is much more than just "louder" and what cool things we can do with it.
Vocab:
lauten, laut, der Laut, lauter, unlauter, der Klang, läuten
German is full of onomatopoeia. Today, we'll learn the poetic German word for it and check out some common examples with audio :)
Vocab:
laut, der Laut, der Klang, die Malerei
Languages are full of onomatopoetical words for noises - hissing, humming, growling etc. Today, we'll look at the German ones and see if they "sound the part.
Vocab:
brummen, plätschern, knarren, rauschen, britzeln, quietschen, pfeifen
A fun look at the meaning of "der Ton" and what music has to do with pottery. And a bit of basic acoustical physics for good measure :)
Vocab:
der Ton, der Lehm, betonen, vertonen, die Note, der Klang
Word Family
Root: *gal-
The core idea of this root was:
shouting, calling
In English, this became the word to call.
The German branch is a bit more diverse with words like klagen (to lament) and klingen, which is a general word for sounding.
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