Löwe

Meaning

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

Concepts

lion

🦁

Leo

♌

Lion

🦁

zodiac

lions

leonine

leo

♌

Buddha’s seat

seat of a high monk

Chinese lion

Fu dog

lioness

lioness ж.

puma

León

Synonyms

Leu

Löwin

König der Tiere

Leo

Puma

Löwenjunges

Löwenbaby

Löwenmännchen

Löwlein

Löwenweibchen

Löwin lioness Leu

löwenartig

Lese

Löwchen

León

Löwen-

Translations

lion

🦁

león

🦁

leeuw

🦁

leone

🦁

leão

🦁

aslan

🦁

λιοντάρι

leo

🦁

Lion

♌

Λέων

Leone

♌

Leo

♌

Leo

♌

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

lai

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈløːvə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: lewe

Inherited from Old High German: lewo

Cognate with Dutch: leeuw

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.