Lefze

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German lefse, lefs, from Old High German lefso, from Proto-Germanic *lepasô, comparable to *lepô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛftsə/
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Noun

Lefze f (genitive Lefze, plural Lefzen)

  1. (often in the plural) lip of a dog, predator, etc. (particularly when aggressive, baring the teeth)
    • 2015 February 27, “Der Hund im Porträt: Lucian Freud als Tiermaler”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:
      Die Hand des Mannes krallt sich in das Fell des Terriers, der anscheinend vom Schoß springen will und seine Lefzen bedrohlich hebt.
      The man's hand digs with its fingers into the fur of the terrier, that apparently wants to jump off the lap and lifts its lips threateningly.
  2. (archaic, anatomy) lip in general
    Synonym: Lippe
  3. (obsolete, anatomy) labium
    Synonyms: Schamlippe, Lippe
    • 1859, C. Rokitansky, “Abhandlung über den Uterus und dessen Inflexionen”, in Physiologie und Pathologie der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane (Gynaekologie und Geburtskunde), volume 63, page 50:
      Indem der Uterus zugleich vorn tiefer herabsteigt, als hinten, steht die vordere Lefze der Vaginalportion auch tiefer als die hintere.
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    • 1868, Bailly, “Fall von melanotischer Geschwulst der Vulva”, in Gazette Hebdomadaire de Medecine et de Chirurgie, volume 5, number 15, page 47:
      als sie eines Tages (10 Mon. vor der Operation) einen linsengrossen, schmerzlosen Tumor an der rechten kl. Lefze nahe an der Clitoris bemerkte,
      when one day (10 months before the operation) she noticed a painless tumor of the size of a lentil on the right minor labium near the clitoris

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Further reading

  • Lefze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache