Löwe

See also: lowe and Lowe

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈløːvə/

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Noun

Löwe m (genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, female weiblicher Löwe or Löwin, male männlicher Löwe)

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion, as used on a coat of arms
3. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

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