Laune

See also: laune

German

Etymology

Via Middle High German lūne (“moon, changing mood, disposition”), borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon”). The semantic association of "moon" to "mood" is based on the similarity of the changing phases of the moon to the changing moods of a person (DWDS).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ̯.nə/

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Noun

Laune f (genitive Laune, plural Launen)

1. (often with haben or sein + in + dative) mood, humor

   Du hast heute gute Laune.

   You're in a good mood today.

   Ich bin heute auch in guter Laune.

   I'm in a good mood today too.

2. whim

Declension

Declension of Laune [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Laune	die	Launen
genitive	einer	der	Laune	der	Launen
dative	einer	der	Laune	den	Launen
accusative	eine	die	Laune	die	Launen

Derived terms

• launenhaft
• launisch

Further reading

• “Laune” in Duden online
• “Laune” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Laune”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891