lauter

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US/laʊtɚ/UK/laʊtə(ɹ)/

adjective

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OriginGerman lauter →
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Meanings

lauter1

adjectivelauter (not comparable)
  1. attributivenot comparablebeveragesClear.

    The thin lauter mash is quickly transferred to the tun, given a last thorough stirring, and allowed to settle.

    2003, Gregory J. Noonan, New Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book, →ISBN
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    The practice in the Munich brewery made it plain that the object of the drawing off of the thick mash is to completely separate the thick mash from the lauter mash.

    1905, Pure Products, volume 1, page 176

    Since the husks and coarse grits are essential for distancing grist particles from one another in the lauter mash, their diminished presence in wheat beer worts will impede the lautering process.

    1992, Eric Warner, German Wheat Beer, →ISBN
verblauter (third-person singular simple present lauters, present participle lautering, simple past and past participle lautered)

present singular third person lauters · participle present lautering · participle past lautered · past lautered

  1. transitivebeveragesTo subject to lautering.

Lauter2

proper nounLauter (plural Lauters)

plural Lauters

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

lauter · adjective, verb

  1. Germanlauter“pure, clear”
  2. Englishlauter

From German lauter (“pure, clear”, adjective). Began to become common in English in the 1880s.

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Lauter · proper noun

  1. GermanLauter
  2. EnglishLauter

Borrowed from German Lauter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

lauter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lauter

MLA

“lauter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lauter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lauter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lauter.

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