løvetann

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løvetann

Etymology[edit]

løve +‎ tann. Calque of German Löwenzahn, itself a calque of Latin dēns leōnis.

Noun[edit]

løvetann m or f (definite singular løvetannen or løvetanna, indefinite plural løvetann or løvetanner, definite singular løvetannene)

  1. a dandelion (plant, wild flower (genus Taraxacum))

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

løve +‎ tann. Calque of German Löwenzahn, itself a calque of Latin dēns leōnis.

Noun[edit]

løvetann f (definite singular løvetanna, indefinite plural løvetenner, definite plural løvetennene)

  1. a dandelion (plant, wild flower)

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