# die Einlautung

die Einlautung is a German noun meaning “the process by which a word that was borrowed from one language or dialect into a closely related other language/dialect, is adapted to the phonetic system of the latter based not on similarity of sound, but on typical etymological sound correspondences between both varieties”. Forms: der Einlautung, die Einlautungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Einlautung
- Plural: die Einlautungen

## Meanings

1. the process by which a word that was borrowed from one language or dialect into a closely related other language/dialect, is adapted to the phonetic system of the latter based not on similarity of sound, but on typical etymological sound correspondences between both varieties

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