løv

From Old Norse lauf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“peel, break off”). Cognate with English leaf.

• IPA^(key): [løˀʊ̯]

løv n (singular definite løvet, not used in plural form)

1. (uncountable) foliage

• lauv

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

• IPA^(key): /løːʋ/

løv n (definite singular løvet, indefinite plural løv, definite plural løva or løvene)

1. The leaf of a plant.

• “løv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.