See also: loess, löss, and lœss

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Alemannic German lösch (loose).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lœs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Löss m (strong, genitive Lösses, plural Lösse)

  1. (geology) loess

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: løss
  • English: loess
  • French: lœss
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løss
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: løss
  • Portuguese: loess
  • Swedish: lössjord

Further reading

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  • Löss” in Duden online
  • Löss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache