Lautsprecher
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From laut (“loud”) + Sprecher (“speaker”), a calque of English loudspeaker.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Lautsprecher m (strong, genitive Lautsprechers, plural Lautsprecher)
- loudspeaker
- (loosely, pars pro toto) loudhailer (electronic megaphone)
- Synonym: (the normal term) Megafon
- public address system, PA system, PA, (UK) tannoy (an electronic voice-amplification apparatus, usually containing a set of two loudspeakers and a central control unit, used for singing, giving a speech, play-by-play commentary at events, or broadcasting in public areas like in airports, stations, etc.)
- (figurative, rare) loudmouth, blatherskite
- 2025 January 3, Josef Seitz, “Abstoßend! Die AfD sucht sich im Wahlkampf die falschen Freunde”, in Focus Online[1]:
- Alice Weidel kuschelt sich für ihren Wahlkampf ausgerechnet an Elon Musk – und stößt mit dem US-Lautsprecher in Deutschland viele vor den Kopf.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Lautsprecher [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Lautsprecher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Lautsprecher” in Duden online
- “Lautsprecher” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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