Löss

See also: loess, löss, and lœss

German edit

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Löss

Alternative forms edit

Löß

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lœs/
Audio (file)

Noun edit

Löss m (strong, genitive Lösses, plural Lösse)

(geology) loess

Declension edit

Declension of Löss [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Löss	die	Lösse
genitive	eines	des	Lösses	der	Lösse
dative	einem	dem	Löss, Lösse¹	den	Lössen
accusative	einen	den	Löss	die	Lösse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Danish: løss
→ English: loess
→ French: lœss
→ Norwegian Bokmål: løss
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: løss
→ Portuguese: loess
→ Swedish: lössjord

Further reading edit

“Löss” in Duden online
“Löss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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