Laub

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlau̯p]

Proper noun

Laub m anim (female equivalent Laubová)

a male surname

Declension

Declension of Laub (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Laub	Laubové
genitive	Lauba	Laubů
dative	Laubovi	Laubům
accusative	Lauba	Lauby
vocative	Laube	Laubové
locative	Laubovi	Laubech
instrumental	Laubem	Lauby

German

Etymology

From Old High German loup, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“peel, break off”).^[1] Compare Low German Loov, Dutch loof, English leaf, Danish løv.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laʊ̯p/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aʊ̯p

Noun

Laub n (strong, genitive Laubes or Laubs, no plural)

(collective) foliage, greenery, leaves (on a tree or fallen onto the ground, but particularly the latter)
grünes Laub ― green foliage

fallendes Laub ― falling foliage
- 1984, Hans Wollschläger, Von Sternen und Schnuppen: bei Gelegenheit einiger Bücher, volume 1, page 209:
  Sie [die Orangen] hängen eben tatsächlich mitten im grünen Laub gelb an den Bäumen.
  They [the oranges] indeed are right now hanging amidst green foliage at the trees.
leaves, a suit in German playing cards

Declension

Declension of Laub [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Laub
genitive	eines	des	Laubes, Laubs
dative	einem	dem	Laub, Laube¹
accusative	ein	das	Laub

¹Now rare, see notes.

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See also

German suits in German · das Deutsche Blatt (layout · text)

Herz, Rot	Schellen	Laub, Grün	Eichel, Eckern

Further reading

“Laub” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Laub” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Laub” in Duden online
Laub on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

^ The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Third Edition

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