län

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See also: laen, læn, and Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Swedish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːn/
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish län, from Middle Low German lēn and from late Old Norse lén, whence also Danish len, Norwegian len, Icelandic lén, Faroese len.

Noun

län n

  1. (historical) fief, fiefdom
  2. a county,[1] a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
Declension
Declension of län
nominative genitive
singular indefinite län läns
definite länet länets
plural indefinite län läns
definite länen länens

Etymology 2

From Turkish lan.

Noun

län

  1. Alternative form of len (“friend, buddy, pal”)

References

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English land and German Land.

Pronunciation

Noun

län (nominative plural läns)

  1. country (nation state)
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: II:
      E bi pinunedoms in drim nemü God ad no gegolön lü ‚Herodes’, ädatävoms ve veg votik lü län oksik.
      But they were given a warning in a dream in the name of God not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way.

Declension

declension of län
singular plural
nominative län läns
genitive läna länas
dative läne länes
accusative läni länis
vocative 1 o län! o läns!
predicative 2 länu länus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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