lauf

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lauf

1. singular imperative of laufen
2. (colloquial) inflection of laufen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first-person singular subjunctive

lauf

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆

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

• IPA^(key): /løyːv/
• Rhymes: -øyːv

lauf n (genitive singular laufs, nominative plural lauf)

1. leaf

   Synonyms: laufblað, blað

2. (card games) club, clubs (♣)

• laufblað
• lauftré

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

lauf n

1. leaf

• Icelandic: lauf
• Faroese: leyv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lauv
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: lauv
• Elfdalian: lov
• Old Swedish: lø̄f
  • Swedish: löv
• Danish: løv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løv
• Gutnish: lau, laug, lavv

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lauf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Borrowed from German Lauf.

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

làuf m inan (Cyrillic spelling ла̀уф)

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