Leu
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Translingual
Noun
Leu
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of leucine
Faroese
Proper noun
Leu
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō (“lion”). See Löwe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Leu m (weak, genitive Leuen, plural Leuen)
- (archaic, poetic) lion
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg, volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 421:
- Ein Steinadler. Er kreist gerade über uns im Blauen, schwebt ohne Flügelschlag in großartiger Höhe zu unseren – und späht gewiß aus seinen mächtigen, weitsichtigen Augen unter den vortretenden Brauenknochen – Der Adler, meine Herrschaften, Jupiters Vogel, der König seines Geschlechtes, der Leu der Lüfte!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Leu [masculine, weak]
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Leu
- accusative of Lea
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