løve

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See also: love, Love, LoVe, lové, lóve, lóvé, lőve, and лове

Danish

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løve

Etymology

From Old Danish leon, løwen, liøwen, Old Norse ljón, ultimately from Latin leō and Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), which is probably borrowed from an ancient Near Eastern language.

The modern Danish form is influenced by Low German Lṏw and German Löwe.

Pronunciation

Noun

løve c (singular definite løven, plural indefinite løver)

  1. lion (Panthera leo)
  2. Leo (someone with a Leo star sign)

Inflection

Declension of løve
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative løve løven løver løverne
genitive løves løvens løvers løvernes

Hyponyms

idiomatic (celebrated man)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greenlandic: løveq

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German (compare with German Löwe (“lion”), from Old High German leo), ultimately from Latin leo, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Compare with Old Norse león.

Noun

løve f or m (definite singular løva or løven, indefinite plural løver, definite plural løvene)

  1. a lion
  2. (idiomatic) A man who is the object of celebrity and attention in high society.
    Hyponyms: balløve, danseløve, moteløve, selskapsløve
  3. Leo (person born under that astrological sign)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German (compare with German Löwe (“lion”), from Old High German leo), ultimately from Latin leo, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Compare with Old Norse león.

Noun

løve f (definite singular løva, indefinite plural løver, definite plural løvene)

  1. a lion
  2. (idiomatic) A man who is the object of celebrity and attention in high society.
    Hyponyms: balløve, danseløve, moteløve, selskapsløve
  3. Leo (person born under that star sign)

Derived terms

References

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