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”lion“ is spelled „Löwe“, not ”Löve“.

• rzzzt 4y ago
  There goes my hypothesis...
  • adolph 4y ago
    The pronunciation of the letter v is one of the few cases of ambiguity in German orthography. The German language normally uses the letter "f" to indicate the sound /f/ (as used in the English word fight) and "w" to indicate the sound /v/ (as in victory). However, the letter "v" does occur in a large number of German words, where its pronunciation is /f/ in some words but /v/ in others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_v_in_German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_v_in_German