Lache

From Middle High German lache, from Old High German lacha, lahha (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“lake, pool”). 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”). More at lake.

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

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.

• Blutlache
• Öllache

From Middle High German lache, from lachen (“to laugh”).

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

Lache f (genitive Lache, plural Lachen)

1. a loud laughter
2. a person's particular way of laughing; one's laugh