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Where does “Urlaub” come from?

Urlaub (German) comes from Middle High German urloup, from Old High German urloub.

Urlaub (German): leave; holiday; vacation

Definitions

  1. leave; holiday; vacation

Ancestry of “Urlaub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanurloup—
2Old High Germanurloub—

Words derived from “Urlaub”

  • Urlauber
  • Mutterschaftsurlaub
  • Traumurlaub
  • urlaubsreif
  • urlop
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