Löss

See also: loess, löss, and lœss

German

Alternative forms

Löß

Etymology

Perhaps from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lœs/
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Noun

Löss m (genitive Lösses, plural Lösse)

(geology) loess

Declension

Declension of Löss

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Löss	die	Lösse
genitive	eines	des	Lösses	der	Lösse
dative	einem	dem	Löss, Lösse¹	den	Lössen
accusative	einen	den	Löss	die	Lösse

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Lössboden
Lössdecke

Descendants

→ Danish: løss
→ English: loess
→ Norwegian Bokmål: løss
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: løss
→ Portuguese: loess
→ Swedish: lössjord

Further reading

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

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