adjective
loud
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Laut: adjective meaning 'loud' or 'noisy' (volume, sound). Common antonyms: leise, ruhig, still. It is gradable (comparative lauter; superlative am lautesten). Used attributively and predicatively (ein lauter Ton; die Musik ist laut). No reflexivity or special auxiliary; informal register common.
Examples
Die Musik ist zu laut.
The music is too loud.
Die Nachbarn beschwerten sich, weil die Musik zu laut gespielt wurde.
The neighbors complained because the music was played too loudly.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a speaker turned up very loud.
Sounds like English 'loud' with a different vowel.
Notes
Can be used adverbially as 'laut' (aloud) in some contexts. Comparative 'lauter', superlative 'am lautesten'.