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Lauf

Lauf

See also: lauf and łauf

German

Noun

Lauf m (genitive Laufs or Laufes, plural Läufe)

  1. a run
    Sie wurde Erste beim Lauf um den See.
    She became a winner at the race around the lake.
  2. a leg of certain animals
    geriet mit seinem Lauf in die Falle.
  3. (of a gun) barrel
  4. (onward movement) course

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Proper noun

Lauf n (genitive Laufs)

  1. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

lauf

lauf

See also: Lauf and łauf

Gothic

Romanization

lauf

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lauf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leup- (peel, break off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /løyːv/
    Rhymes: -øyːv

Noun

lauf n (genitive singular laufs, nominative plural lauf)

  1. leaf
  2. (card games) club, clubs (♣)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leup- (peel, break off). Cognate with Old English lēaf, Old Saxon lōf, Old High German loup, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs).

Noun

lauf n

  1. leaf

Descendants

  • Norwegian (bokmål): løv
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): lauv
  • Swedish: löv

References

  • lauf in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Lauf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǎuf/
  • Hyphenation: la‧uf

Noun

làuf m

  1. (regional, northern Croatia) sport's ride, run (especially in skiing)

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