Levkoje
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Levkoie, Levkoj, Levkoi, Leucoje, Leucoie, Leucoj, Leucoi (till 19th century often; the strong forms can be both masculine and feminine)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed in the 18th century from Ancient Greek λευκόιον (leukóion, “white violet”) influenced by Greek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Levkoje f (genitive Levkoje, plural Levkojen)
- stock (Matthiola gen. et spp.)
- 1876, Karl Müller, “Über Modeblumen und Modepflanzen. Ein Culturbild”, in Unsere Zeit: deutsche Revue der Gegenwart, volume 12 1/2GB, page 49:
- Eine Nelke, eine Levkoi, ein Lackstock u. dgl. war fast alles, was man an den Fenstern damaliger Zeit gewahrte.
- A carnation, a stock, a wallflower and the like was nearly all that one could discern on the windows of that time.
- (archaic) wallflower (Erysimum olim Cheiranthus gen. et spp.) [till 19th century often]
Declension
[edit]Declension of Levkoje [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Levkoje” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Levkoje” in Duden online
- Levkoje on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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