Lava

Lava

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lava"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Proper noun

Lava

  1. (Hinduism) One of the twin children of Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.

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German

Etymology

18th century, borrowed from Italian lava. See English lava for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːva/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Lava f (genitive Lava, plural (rare) Laven)

  1. (geology) lava
  2. (loosely) synonym of Magma
  3. (childish) an area (in a game of tag etc.) where the players are not allowed to go (and lose if they do)
    Antonyms: Freio, Klippo

Declension

Declension of Lava [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lava die Laven1
genitive einer der Lava der Laven1
dative einer der Lava den Laven1
accusative eine die Lava die Laven1

1Rare.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Lava” in Duden online
  • “Lava”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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