Levkoje
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Levkoie, Levkoj, Levkoi, Leucoje, Leucoie, Leucoj, Leucoi (till 19th century often; the strong forms can be both masculine and feminine)
Etymology edit
Borrowed in the 18th century from Ancient Greek λευκόιον (leukóion, “white violet”) influenced by Greek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Levkoje f (genitive Levkoje, plural Levkojen)
- stock (Matthiola gen. et spp.)
- 1876, Karl Müller, “Über Modeblumen und Modepflanzen. Ein Culturbild”, in Unsere Zeit: deutsche Revue der Gegenwart, volume 12 1/2GB, page 49:
- Eine Nelke, eine Levkoi, ein Lackstock u. dgl. war fast alles, was man an den Fenstern damaliger Zeit gewahrte.
- A carnation, a stock, a wallflower and the like was nearly all that one could discern on the windows of that time.
- (archaic) wallflower (Erysimum olim Cheiranthus gen. et spp.) [till 19th century often]
Declension edit
Declension of Levkoje [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Levkoje” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Levkoje” in Duden online
- Levkoje on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de