löv

• löf (obsolete since 1906)

From Old Swedish løf, from Old Norse lauf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“peel, break off”).

• IPA^(key): /løːv/

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• Rhymes: -øːv

löv n

1. a leaf (on a tree or bush and not a needle)

   Synonym: (more general) blad

   Det ena trädet till det andra: – Do you löv me? – Näver!

   One tree to the other: – Do you leaf me? – Birch bark! (widespread schoolyard multilingual joke)

   kratta löv

   rake leaves

2. (computing, graph theory) a leaf

Any leaf resembling the first picture is a löv. Leaves from trees on the ground that are raked are idiomatically always löv rather than blad as well.

• löva

• räfsa
• kratta

• löv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• löv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• löv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)