Laub
German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German loup, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“peel, break off”).[1] Compare Low German Loov, Dutch loof, English leaf, Danish løv.
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Noun edit
Laub n (strong, genitive Laubes or Laubs, no plural)
- (collective) foliage, greenery, leaves (on a tree or fallen onto the ground, but particularly the latter)
- grünes Laub ― green foliage
- fallendes Laub ― falling foliage
- 1984, Hans Wollschläger, Von Sternen und Schnuppen: bei Gelegenheit einiger Bücher, volume 1, page 209:
- Sie [die Orangen] hängen eben tatsächlich mitten im grünen Laub gelb an den Bäumen.
- They [the oranges] indeed are right now hanging amidst green foliage at the trees.
- leaves, a suit in German playing cards
Declension edit
Declension of Laub [sg-only, neuter, strong]
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See also edit
German suits in German · das Deutsche Blatt (layout · text) | |||
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Herz, Rot | Schellen | Laub, Grün | Eichel, Eckern |
Further reading edit
- “Laub” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Laub” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Laub” in Duden online
- Laub on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de