lout

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Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”). Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).

From Middle English louten, from Old English lūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną. Cognate with Old Norse lúta, Danish lude (“to bend”), Norwegian lute (“stoop”), Swedish luta.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: хулиган (huligan) — troublemaker
• Dutch: schurk — troublemaker
• Dutch: ruziestoker — troublemaker
• Finnish: lurjus — troublemaker
• Finnish: rettelöijä — troublemaker
• French: voyou — troublemaker
• Galician: lofa — troublemaker
• German: Flegel — troublemaker
• German: Lümmel — troublemaker
• German: Rüpel — troublemaker
• German: Störenfried — troublemaker
• German: Unruhestifter — troublemaker
• German: Randalierer — troublemaker
• German: Querulant — troublemaker
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (slahals) — troublemaker
• Hindi: गुंडा (guṇḍā) — troublemaker
• Irish: amhas — troublemaker
• Irish: maistín — troublemaker
• Irish: cuilceach — troublemaker
• Irish: scabhaitéir — troublemaker
• Italian: tanghero — troublemaker
• Italian: villano — troublemaker
• Italian: cafone — troublemaker
• Italian: zoticone — troublemaker
• Norwegian Bokmål: lømmel — troublemaker
• Portuguese: brutamontes — troublemaker
• Russian: хулига́н (xuligán) — troublemaker
• Scottish Gaelic: burraidh — troublemaker
• Serbo-Croatian: ху̏лига̄н — troublemaker
• Serbo-Croatian: hȕligān — troublemaker
• Spanish: salvaje — troublemaker
• Spanish: gamberro — troublemaker
• Spanish: barra brava — troublemaker
• Turkish: maganda — troublemaker
• Bulgarian: непрокопсаник (neprokopsanik) — bumpkin
• Bulgarian: диване (divane) — bumpkin
• Dutch: malloot — bumpkin
• Finnish: moukka — bumpkin
• Finnish: juntti — bumpkin
• French: malotru — bumpkin
• Galician: alpabarda — bumpkin
• Galician: prosmeiro — bumpkin
• Galician: rude — bumpkin
• German: Hanswurst — bumpkin
• German: Tölpel — bumpkin
• Irish: bodach — bumpkin
• Irish: cábóg — bumpkin
• Irish: bastún — bumpkin
• Irish: buailtíneach — bumpkin
• Italian: goffo — bumpkin
• Italian: maldestro — bumpkin
• Italian: bifolco — bumpkin
• Italian: zotico — bumpkin
• Latin: gurdus — bumpkin
• Norwegian Bokmål: tølper — bumpkin
• Norwegian Bokmål: bondeknøl — bumpkin
• Spanish: zopenco — bumpkin
• Spanish: zopenca — bumpkin
• Swedish: tölp — bumpkin
• Ottoman Turkish: چوبان (çoban) — bumpkin
• Ottoman Turkish: هودوك (hödük) — bumpkin
• Bulgarian: грубиян (grubijan) — a rude violent man
• Czech: nevychovanec — a rude violent man
• Czech: hulvát — a rude violent man
• Czech: hrubec — a rude violent man
• Czech: klacek — a rude violent man
• Czech: hrubián — a rude violent man
• Dutch: onbeschofterik — a rude violent man
• Dutch: lummel — a rude violent man
• Finnish: rähinöitsijä — a rude violent man
• Finnish: rettelöijä — a rude violent man
• Finnish: riitapukari — a rude violent man
• Galician: saloio — a rude violent man
• Galician: matulán — a rude violent man
• Galician: burdallo — a rude violent man
• Galician: támaro — a rude violent man
• Galician: lurdio — a rude violent man
• Galician: marán — a rude violent man
• Galician: brosmo — a rude violent man
• Galician: xoto — a rude violent man
• Galician: labrusco — a rude violent man
• German: Rowdy — a rude violent man
• German: Randalierer — a rude violent man
• German: Halbstarker — a rude violent man
• German: Hooligan — a rude violent man
• German: Polterer — a rude violent man
• Portuguese: grosso — a rude violent man
• Swedish: tölp — a rude violent man
• Swedish: buffel — a rude violent man
• Swedish: drummel — a rude violent man