løve

See also: love, Love, LoVe, lové, lóve, lóvé, lőve, and лове

Danish

løve

Etymology

From Old Danish leon, løwen, liøwen, Old Norse ljón, ultimately from Latin leō and Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), which is probably borrowed from an ancient Near Eastern language.

The modern Danish form is influenced by Low German Lööw and German Löwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈløːʋə], [ˈløːʊ]

Noun

løve c (singular definite løven, plural indefinite løver)

1. lion (Panthera leo)
2. Leo (someone with a Leo star sign)

Inflection

Declension of løve

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	løve	løven	løver	løverne
genitive	løves	løvens	løvers	løvernes

Hyponyms

idiomatic (celebrated man)

• selskabsløve
• strandløve

Derived terms

• løvetand
• løvetæmmer
• løvinde
• myreløve
• søløve

 

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: løveq

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German (compare with German Löwe (“lion”), from Old High German leo), ultimately from Latin leo, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Compare with Old Norse león.

Noun

løve f or m (definite singular løva or løven, indefinite plural løver, definite plural løvene)

1. a lion
2. (idiomatic) A man who is the object of celebrity and attention in high society.

   Hyponyms: balløve, danseløve, moteløve, selskapsløve

3. Leo (person born under that astrological sign)

Derived terms

• løvetann
• løvetemmer
• sjøløve

 

References

• “løve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “løve” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German (compare with German Löwe (“lion”), from Old High German leo), ultimately from Latin leo, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Compare with Old Norse león.

Noun

løve f (definite singular løva, indefinite plural løver, definite plural løvene)

1. a lion
2. (idiomatic) A man who is the object of celebrity and attention in high society.

   Hyponyms: balløve, danseløve, moteløve, selskapsløve

3. Leo (person born under that star sign)

Derived terms

• løvetann
• løvetemmar
• sjøløve

 

References

• “løve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.