Lakai

German

Etymology

16th century, from French laquais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkaɪ̯/

• Audio:

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Noun

Lakai m (weak or mixed, genitive Lakaien or (nonstandard but relatively common) Lakais, plural Lakaien, feminine Lakaiin)

1. lackey

Usage notes

• Usually weak in the standard language, but mixed declension is also found.

Declension

Declension of Lakai [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lakai	die	Lakaien
genitive	eines	des	Lakaien, Lakais	der	Lakaien
dative	einem	dem	Lakaien, Lakai	den	Lakaien
accusative	einen	den	Lakaien, Lakai	die	Lakaien

Derived terms

• lakaienhaft
• Lakaienhaftigkeit
• lakaiisch

Further reading

• “Lakai” in Duden online
• “Lakai” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Lakai on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de