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lauter¹

  • /laʊtɚ/ US
  • /laʊtə(ɹ)/ UK

Where it comes from

From German lauter (“pure, clear”, adjective). Began to become common in English in the 1880s.

adjective

  1. attributive, not comparable, of mash Clear. The practice in the Munich brewery made it plain that the object of the drawing off of the thick mash is to completely separate the thick mash from the lauter mash.

verb lauters · lautering · lautered

  1. transitive To subject to lautering.

Lauter²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Lauter.

proper noun Lauters

  1. A surname from German.

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MLA

"lauter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lauter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

lauter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lauter

Chicago

"lauter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lauter.

BibTeX
@misc{lauter_2026,
  title = {lauter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lauter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}