Lefze
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lefse, lefs, from Old High German lefso, from Proto-West Germanic *lep ~ lip(i)ʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *lepaz (“lip”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Lefze f (genitive Lefze, plural Lefzen)
- (often in the plural) lip of a dog, predator, etc. (particularly when aggressive, baring the teeth)
- 2015 February 27, “Der Hund im Porträt: Lucian Freud als Tiermaler”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:
- Die Hand des Mannes krallt sich in das Fell des Terriers, der anscheinend vom Schoß springen will und seine Lefzen bedrohlich hebt.
- The man's hand digs with its fingers into the fur of the terrier, that apparently wants to jump off the lap and lifts its lips threateningly.
- (archaic, anatomy) lip in general
- Synonym: Lippe
- (obsolete, anatomy) labium
- Synonyms: Schamlippe, Lippe
- 1859, C. Rokitansky, “Abhandlung über den Uterus und dessen Inflexionen”, in Physiologie und Pathologie der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane (Gynaekologie und Geburtskunde), volume 63, page 50:
- Indem der Uterus zugleich vorn tiefer herabsteigt, als hinten, steht die vordere Lefze der Vaginalportion auch tiefer als die hintere.
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- 1868, Bailly, “Fall von melanotischer Geschwulst der Vulva”, in Gazette Hebdomadaire de Medecine et de Chirurgie, volume 5, number 15, page 47:
- als sie eines Tages (10 Mon. vor der Operation) einen linsengrossen, schmerzlosen Tumor an der rechten kl. Lefze nahe an der Clitoris bemerkte,
- when one day (10 months before the operation) she noticed a painless tumor of the size of a lentil on the right minor labium near the clitoris
Usage notes
[edit]Declension of Lefze [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Lefze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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