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das Leute

noun · /ˈlɔʏ̯tə/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, also liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Compare Dutch lieden, luden, luiden, Old Norse lýðir (“people”) (whence Icelandic lýður), Old Saxon liudi, Old English lēode (“people”), English lede (“people”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Polish ludzie, Serbo-Croatian ljȗdi, Slovene ljudjẹ̑, Bulgarian люде (ljude), Russian люди (ljudi). More at leod and Proto-Slavic *ľudьje.

Translation

  1. people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another), folk (folks), peeps (slang), guys (boys and/or girls) plural, plural-only

    Gleich den andern Tag schicketen wir zween Leute mit der Post fort:

    Note: The work also has masculine zween Theile, zween Zoll, zween Beobachter, feminine zwo oder drey Linien, zwo neue Wahrheiten, neuter zwey Stücke, zwey kleine Glasfenster.

Declension

CasePlural
Nominative Leute
Accusative Leute
Dative Leuten
Genitive Leute

Leute

noun · /ˈlɔʏ̯tə/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, also liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Compare Dutch lieden, luden, luiden, Old Norse lýðir (“people”) (whence Icelandic lýður), Old Saxon liudi, Old English lēode (“people”), English lede (“people”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Polish ludzie, Serbo-Croatian ljȗdi, Slovene ljudjẹ̑, Bulgarian люде (ljude), Russian люди (ljudi). More at leod and Proto-Slavic *ľudьje.

Translation

a person

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Leut

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Leut accusative, form-of, genitive, nominative, plural

    Die meisten Leute denken, ich sei verrückt.

    Most people think I'm crazy.

    Ich hasse es, wenn viele Leute da sind.

    I hate it when there are a lot of people.

    Danke, dass Sie mir letzten Endes erklärt haben, warum die Leute mich für einen Idioten halten.

    Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.

  2. bsf source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. guy source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. dude source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en