Larve

See also: larve and larvé

German

Larve einer Blaugrünen Mosaikjungfer (blue hawker, Aeshna cyanea)

Fasnachtslarve

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lārva (“ghost; mask”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaʁ.fə/
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Hyphenation: Lar‧ve
Audio (Austria) (file)

Noun

Larve f (genitive Larve, plural Larven)

(zoology) larva (early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians)
(archaic outside Switzerland, Austria or southern Germany) mask
Synonym: Maske
- 1801, Friedrich Schiller, Joseph Mellish, transl., Maria Stuart, page 27:
  Verzeihung / Für diese verhaßte Larve, Königin, / Die mir zu tragen Kampf genug gekostet, / Doch der ich’s danke, daß ich mich euch nahen, / Euch Hülfe und Errettung bringen kann.
  Oh, pardon, / My gracious liege, for the detested mask, / Which it has cost me pain enough to wear; / Yet through such means alone have I the power / To see you, and to bring you help and rescue.

Declension

Declension of Larve

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Larve	die	Larven
genitive	einer	der	Larve	der	Larven
dative	einer	der	Larve	den	Larven
accusative	eine	die	Larve	die	Larven

Derived terms

Related terms

larval
Larval-
Larvalanpassung
Larvalbiologie
larvale Form
Larvalentwicklung
Larvalfärbung
Larvalgehäuse
Larvalgespinst
Larvalgewässer
Larvalhabitat
Larvalhäkchen
Larvalhaut
Larvalhäutung
Larvallebensraum
Larvalmerkmal
Larvalökologie
Larvalparasit
Larvalperiode
Larvalphase
Larvalsystematik
Larvalzeit
larvizid
Larvizid

Further reading

Larve in Duden online
Larve on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Larve (Maske) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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