Löwe
German
Alternative forms
- Leu (archaic; poetic)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German lewe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German leo (both with variants), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
Noun
Löwe m (genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, female weiblicher Löwe or Löwin, male männlicher Löwe)
Declension
Derived terms
- Löwenanteil m
- Löwenherz n
- Löwenmähne f
- löwenstark
- Löwenstimme f
- Löwenzahn m
- Seelöwe m
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
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