auslaut Philol.
(ˈaʊslaʊt)
[G., f. aus- denoting termination + laut sound.]
The final sound of a syllable or word. Cf. anlaut, inlaut.
| 1881 in Imp. Dict. 1892 Classical Rev. Feb. 3/2 It is further probable that the form -endus for -vendus arose primarily in verbal roots with vocalic auslaut. 1936 M. Schlauch in Science & Society I. 34 Purely vocalic Auslaut is to be associated with a developed patriarchal-totemistic culture of hunting. |