löv

See also: lov

Swedish

Alternative forms

• löf (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -øːv

Noun

löv n

1. (botany) leaf; an organ of a plant
2. (computing, graph theory) leaf

Declension

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

Synonyms

• blad

Derived terms

• allöv
• almlöv
• asklöv
• asplöv
• boklöv
• björklöv
• eklöv

• lindlöv
• lönnlöv
• lövbiff
• lövskog
• lövsprickning
• lövträd
• lövverk
• oxellöv
• rönnlöv

Related terms

• löva