Leu
Translingual
editNoun
editLeu
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of leucine
Faroese
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editLeu
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō (“lion”). See Löwe.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editLeu m (weak, genitive Leuen, plural Leuen)
- (archaic, poetic) lion
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], 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!
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Declension
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editLeu
- accusative of Lea
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