Löwe

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(Anglais)

(masculine, weak) lion
(masculine, weak) lion, as used on a coat of arms
(masculine, singular, singular-only, weak) Leo

Fréquence

canton de Bâle-Campagne

lai

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈløːvə/

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand

Hérité de ancien haut allemand

Appartenant à néerlandais

In summary

From Middle High German lewe, löuwe, lauwe, from Old High German lewo, lēo, from Proto-West Germanic *lewo, *lēwo (“lion”). The spelling -ew- in Middle High German generally represents a diphthong [øy̯(w)], and accordingly the expected form in Modern German is Leu(e) (cf. freuen). The form Löwe with a monophthong and consonantal -w- is most readily explained from a long-vowel variant lēwe, which would correspond to Dutch leeuw.