leen

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Danish

Noun

leen c

  1. definite singular of le

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: leen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leen, from Old Dutch *lēn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Noun

leen n (plural lenen, diminutive leentje n)

  1. fief, feudal estate
    Synonym: feudum
  2. (obsolete) loan
    Synonym: lening
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leen

  1. inflection of lenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

leen

  1. genitive singular of lee

Galician

Verb

leen

  1. inflection of lear:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Adverb

leen

  1. alone

Further reading

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse lœna.

Noun

leen

  1. A piece of grassy land in a moor or by a river, a meadow, freq. of a pasture of natural grass.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleen/
  • Rhymes: -een
  • Syllabification: le‧en

Verb

leen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of leer

Wolof

Pronoun

leen

  1. you (second-person plural object pronoun)
  2. them (third-person plural object pronoun)

See also

Wolof personal pronouns
singular subject plural subject singular object plural object
1st person man nun ma nu
2nd person yow yeen la leen
3rd person moom ñoom ko leen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lyne, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā.

Pronunciation

Noun

leen

  1. line

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 52
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