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Loeb

UK/ləʊb//loʊb/

Loeb proper noun: a surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

Proper noun

Loeb

  1. A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

Origin of Loeb

Borrowed from German Löb, from a dialectal variant of Löwe (“lion”).

Words that rhyme with Loeb

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Loeb

What does Loeb mean?
Loeb means a surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.
What part of speech is Loeb?
Loeb is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Loeb?
Loeb is pronounced /ləʊb/ (UK).

Words near Loeb in the dictionary

  1. Lodyga
  2. Lodz
  3. Lodz Voivodeship
  4. Lodève
  5. loe
  6. Loeb
  7. Loeber
  8. Loebers
  9. Loeff
  10. Loeffelholz
  11. Loeffelholzes

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