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lauf

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See also: Lauf and łauf

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lauf

  1. singular imperative of laufen
  2. (colloquial) inflection of laufen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first-person singular subjunctive

Gothic

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Romanization

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lauf

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lauf n (genitive singular laufs, nominative plural lauf)

  1. leaf
    Synonyms: laufblað, blað
  2. (card games) club, clubs (♣)

Declension

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Declension of lauf (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lauf laufið lauf laufin
accusative lauf laufið lauf laufin
dative laufi laufinu laufum laufunum
genitive laufs laufsins laufa laufanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (peel, break off). Cognate with Old English lēaf, Old Saxon lōf, Old High German loup, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs).

Noun

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lauf n

  1. leaf

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lauf
  • Faroese: leyv
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lauv
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lauv
  • Elfdalian: lov
  • Old Swedish: lø̄f
  • Danish: løv
    • Norwegian Bokmål: løv
  • Gutnish: lau, laug, lavv

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lauf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Lauf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lǎuf/
  • Hyphenation: la‧uf

Noun

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làuf m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀уф)

  1. (regional, northern Croatia) sport's ride, run (especially in skiing)

Declension

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Declension of lauf
singular plural
nominative lauf laufi / laufovi
genitive laufa laufa / laufova
dative laufu laufima / laufovima
accusative lauf laufe / laufove
vocative laufe laufi / laufovi
locative laufu laufima / laufovima
instrumental laufom laufima / laufovima