"Leo" meaning in German

See Leo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈleːo] Audio: De-at Leo.ogg [Austria], De-Leo.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Leo
  1. Short for Leopold, a a male given name Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Leopold (extra: a a male given name) Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Leo-de-name-K7Efrd9H Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 17 8
  2. Short for Leonhard, a a male given name Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Leonhard (extra: a a male given name) Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Leo-de-name-~VGu-XrT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 17 8
  3. a male given name, feminine equivalent Leonie or Leoni, equivalent to English Leo; variant form Leon Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Leo-de-name-KWCStOoG Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 17 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈleːo] Audio: De-at Leo.ogg [Austria], De-Leo.ogg
Etymology: From Old High German lēo (“shelter”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw. Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=shelter}}, {{dercat|de|gem-pro}}, {{inh|de|goh|lēo||shelter}} Old High German lēo (“shelter”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hlaiw|id=shelter}} Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,s}} Leo n (strong, genitive Leos, plural Leos) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,s}} Forms: Leos [genitive], Leos [plural], strong [table-tags], Leo [nominative, singular], Leos [definite, nominative, plural], Leos [genitive, singular], Leos [definite, genitive, plural], Leo [dative, singular], Leos [dative, definite, plural], Leo [accusative, singular], Leos [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (Austria, playground games) base (a safe zone in the children's game of tag) Tags: Austria, neuter, strong Categories (topical): Playground games
    Sense id: en-Leo-de-noun-UYBp1xg4 Categories (other): Austrian German, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 17 8
  2. (Austria, by extension, somewhat humorous) any kind of safe zone Tags: Austria, broadly, humorous, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Leo-de-noun-FeSqO6FV Categories (other): Austrian German
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "zone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Austria, by extension, somewhat humorous) any kind of safe zone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "broadly",
        "humorous",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈleːo]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at Leo.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/De-at_Leo.ogg/De-at_Leo.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/De-at_Leo.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Leo.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/De-Leo.ogg/De-Leo.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/De-Leo.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Leo"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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