# Leute

Leute is a German noun meaning “people”.

## In other languages

- Русский: люди, народ, люд
- Українська: люди

## Meanings

1. _plural · plural only_ 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)
   - 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.
2. people; persons
   - Viele Leute warten auf den Bus.

## Examples

- Was sind denn das da für Leute? — Who are those people over there?
- Das ist es, was die Leute sagen. — That's what people say.
- Da waren zu viele Leute am Strand. — There were too many people on the beach.
- Im Sommer fahren die Leute ans Meer. — In summer, people go to the seaside.
- Man sieht nicht in die Leute hinein. — You can't see inside people.

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