löv

See also: lov

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

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)
  2. (computing, graph theory) leaf

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

References
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