Ach-laut

//ˈɑːx laʊt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The guttural phoneme /x/ (the voiceless velar fricative) of the German language, the sound of the letters ch in German coming immediately after a, o and u (central and back vowels), also found in other languages.

Etymology

From German Ach-Laut, ach-Laut, from ach (which has this sound) + Laut (“sound”).

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