löv

See also: lov

Swedish

ett löv (matches the immediate intuition for the word)

Alternative forms

• löf (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Swedish løf, from Old Norse lauf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“peel, break off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løːv/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -øːv

Noun

löv n

1. a leaf (on a tree or bush and not a needle)

   Synonym: (more general) blad

   Det ena trädet till det andra: – Do you löv me? – Näver!

   One tree to the other: – Do you leaf me? – Birch bark! (widespread schoolyard multilingual joke)

2. (computing, graph theory) leaf

Usage notes

Leaves from trees on the ground that are raked are idiomatically always löv rather than blad. Any leaf resembling the picture is also a löv.

Declension

Declension of löv
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	löv	lövet	löv	löven
Genitive	lövs	lövets	lövs	lövens

Derived terms

• allöv
• almlöv
• asklöv
• asplöv
• boklöv
• björklöv
• eklöv
• lindlöv
• lönnlöv
• lövbiff
• lövskog
• lövsprickning
• lövträd
• lövverk
• oxellöv
• rönnlöv

Related terms

• löva

References

• löv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• löv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• löv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)