Laub – German noun declension

German noun forms of Laub

Noun: Laub
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

SingularLaub

Definite

SingularLaub

Genitive

Indefinite

SingularLaubes; Laubs

Definite

SingularLaubes; Laubs

Dative

Indefinite

SingularLaub; Laube

Definite

SingularLaub; Laube

Accusative

Indefinite

SingularLaub

Definite

SingularLaub

Sample Sentences

  • grünes Laub (green foliage)
  • fallendes Laub (falling foliage)
  • 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.) [1984, Hans Wollschläger, Von Sternen und Schnuppen: bei Gelegenheit einiger Bücher, volume 1, page 209:]

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "Laub"

English Nouns leaf, Russian Nouns лобзик.

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