lån

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See also: laan, Laan, and Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish lån, German Lehn (English loan is borrowed from Old Norse). Doublet of len.

Noun

lån n (singular definite lånet, plural indefinite lån)

  1. loan
Declension
Declension of lån
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lån lånet lån lånene
genitive låns lånets låns lånenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lån

  1. imperative of låne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lán.

Noun

lån n (definite singular lånet, indefinite plural lån, definite plural låna or lånene)

  1. a loan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

lån

  1. imperative of låne

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lán.

Noun

lån n (definite singular lånet, indefinite plural lån, definite plural låna)

  1. a loan

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lan, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

lån n

  1. loan

Declension

Declension of lån
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lån låns
definite lånet lånets
plural indefinite lån låns
definite lånen lånens

Derived terms

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