Luther
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See also: Lúther
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːθə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈluθɚ/
- Rhymes: -uːθə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Luther
- Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation
- (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther.
- A surname from German of English speakers who descend from German immigrants.
- A city and town in Iowa.
- A village in Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Montana.
- A town in Oklahoma.
Derived terms
Translations
Martin Luther
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Etymology 2
From Middle English luthier (“lute player”).
Proper noun
Luther
Further reading
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From an Old High German given name composed of liut (“people”) and heri (“army”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Liudiharjaz, from *liudiz + *harjaz.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Luther m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Luthers or (with an article) Luther, feminine genitive Luther, plural Luthers or Luther)
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/uːθə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/uːθə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ-
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- American English
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from surnames
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- en:Cities in Iowa, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
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- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Michigan, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Montana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Towns in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms with rare senses
- English surnames from occupations
- en:Individuals
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ-
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/ʊtɐ
- Rhymes:German/ʊtɐ/2 syllables
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- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
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