löv

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See also: lov

Swedish

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ett löv (matches the immediate intuition for the word)
höstlöv

Alternative forms

  • löf (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /løːv/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -øːv

Noun

löv n

  1. a leaf (on a tree or bush and not a needle)
    Synonym: (more general) blad
    Det ena trädet till det andra: – Do you löv me? – Näver!
    One tree to the other: – Do you leaf me? – Birch bark! (widespread schoolyard multilingual joke)
    kratta löv
    rake leaves
  2. (computing, graph theory) a leaf

Usage notes

Any leaf resembling the first picture is a löv. Leaves from trees on the ground that are raked are idiomatically always löv rather than blad as well.

Declension

Declension of löv
nominative genitive
singular indefinite löv lövs
definite lövet lövets
plural indefinite löv lövs
definite löven lövens

Derived terms

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References

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