Lehen

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Basque

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehen/
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /len/
  • Rhymes: -ehen
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: Le‧hen

Proper noun

Lehen anim

  1. A mythological sea serpent.
    • 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:
      Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]
      You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence like a male butterfly its cocoon?

Declension

Declension of Lehen (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite
absolutive Lehen
ergative Lehenek
dative Leheni
genitive Lehenen
comitative Lehenekin
causative Lehenengatik
benefactive Lehenentzat
instrumental Lehenez
inessive Lehenengan
locative —
allative Lehenengana
terminative Lehenenganaino
directive Lehenenganantz
destinative Lehenenganako
ablative Lehenengandik
partitive Lehenik
prolative Lehentzat

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːən

Noun

Lehen n (strong, genitive Lehens, plural Lehen)

  1. feud or fief (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord)

Declension

Declension of Lehen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Lehen die Lehen
genitive eines des Lehens der Lehen
dative einem dem Lehen den Lehen
accusative ein das Lehen die Lehen

Hyponyms

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