Löwe

See also: lowe and Lowe

German

Alternative forms

• Leu (archaic; poetic)

Etymology

From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo (both with variants), from Latin leō. The prevalent form in early modern German was Leu with regular development of -ew- into the diphthong -eu- (compare freuen from Old High German frewan). The pronunciation with a labial consonant is originally chiefly Central German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈløːvə/

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Noun

Löwe m (weak, genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, feminine Löwin)

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion, as used on a coat of arms
3. (astronomy, astrology, singular only, no female or feminine form) Leo

Declension

Declension of Löwe [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Löwe	die	Löwen
genitive	eines	des	Löwen	der	Löwen
dative	einem	dem	Löwen	den	Löwen
accusative	einen	den	Löwen	die	Löwen

Hyponyms

• Löwin (“lioness”)
• Löwenjunges (“lion cub”)
• Löwenmännchen
• Löwenweibchen

Derived terms

• Löwenanteil
• Löwenherz
• Löwenmähne
• löwenstark
• Löwenstimme
• Löwenzahn
• Seelöwe

 

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwillinge, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische ^{(Category: de:Astrology)}

Further reading

• “Löwe” in Duden online
• “Löwe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache