löv

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See also: lov

Swedish[edit]

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ett löv (matches the immediate intuition for the word)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • löf (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /løːv/
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  • Rhymes: -øːv

Noun[edit]

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)
  2. (computing, graph theory) leaf

Usage notes[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of löv 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative löv lövet löv löven
Genitive lövs lövets lövs lövens

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