Löwe
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Alternative forms
- Leu (archaic; poetic)
Etymology
From Middle High German lewe, löuwe, lauwe, from Old High German lewo, lēo, from Proto-West Germanic *lewo, *lēwo (“lion”). The spelling -ew- in Middle High German generally represents a diphthong [øy̯(w)], and accordingly the expected form in Modern German is Leu(e) (cf. freuen). The form Löwe with a monophthong and consonantal -w- is most readily explained from a long-vowel variant lēwe, which would correspond to Dutch leeuw.
Pronunciation
Noun
Löwe m (weak, genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, feminine Löwin)
- lion
- (heraldry) lion, as used on a coat of arms
- (astronomy, astrology, singular only, no female or feminine form) Leo
Declension
Declension of Löwe [masculine, weak]
Hyponyms
Related terms
- gut gebrüllt, Löwe
- Höhle des Löwen
- Löwenanteil
- Löwenauge
- Löwenfuß
- Löwengarten
- Löwengrube
- Löwenherz
- Löwenhöhle
- Löwenkopf
- Löwenmähne
- Löwenmaul
- Löwenschwanz
- löwenstark
- Löwenstimme
- Löwentatze
- Löwenzahn
- Seelöwe
- Wächterlöwe
See also
Further reading
- “Löwe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Löwe” in Duden online
- “Löwe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Löwe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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