Luther
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See also: Lúther
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːθə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈluθɚ/
- Rhymes: -uːθə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Luther
- Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation
- (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther.
- A surname from German of English speakers who descend from German immigrants.
- A city and town in Iowa.
- A village in Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Montana.
- A town in Oklahoma.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Martin Luther
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English luthier (“lute player”).
Proper noun
[edit]Luther
Further reading
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an Old High German given name composed of liut (“people”) and heri (“army”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Liudiharjaz, from *liudiz + *harjaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Luther m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Luthers or (with an article) Luther, feminine genitive Luther, plural Luthers or Luther)
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/uːθə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/uːθə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ-
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- American English
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from surnames
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- en:Cities in Iowa, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Towns in Iowa, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Michigan, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Montana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Towns in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms with rare senses
- English surnames from occupations
- en:Individuals
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ-
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ʊtɐ
- Rhymes:German/ʊtɐ/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- German surnames from patronymics