Larve

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See also: larve and larvé

German

Larve einer Blaugrünen Mosaikjungfer (blue hawker, Aeshna cyanea)
Fasnachtslarve

Etymology

From Middle High German larve, from Latin lārva (“ghost; mask”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlarfə/, , , ,
  • IPA(key): /ˈlarvə/ (less common; see below)
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  • The standard pronunciation is for this stem to be realised with /f/ when the preceding syllable has primary stress (as e.g. in Larven, entlarven), but with /v/ when the stress moves forward (as e.g. in larval, larviert). However, a minority of speakers may use /v/ in all prevocalic positions. Compare the same in Nerv.
  • Hyphenation: Lar‧ve

Noun

Larve f (genitive Larve, plural Larven)

  1. (zoology) larva (early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians)
  2. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, otherwise archaic, literary) mask
    Synonym: Maske
    • 1801, Friedrich Schiller, translated by Joseph Mellish, Maria Stuart, page 27:
      Verzeihung / Für diese verhaßte Larve, Königin, / Die mir zu tragen Kampf genug gekostet, / Doch der ich’s danke, daß ich mich euch nahen, / Euch Hülfe und Errettung bringen kann.
      Oh, pardon, / My gracious liege, for the detested mask, / Which it has cost me pain enough to wear; / Yet through such means alone have I the power / To see you, and to bring you help and rescue.

Declension

Declension of Larve
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Larve die Larven
genitive einer der Larve der Larven
dative einer der Larve den Larven
accusative eine die Larve die Larven

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