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Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
leiken (masculine and feminine leiken, neuter leikent, definite singular and plural leikne)
- alternative form of leken
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leikinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²lɛɪːçən/, /²lɛɪːkən/
Adjective
leiken (neuter leike or leikent, definite singular and plural leikne, comparative leiknare, indefinite superlative leiknast, definite superlative leiknaste)
- playful
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlæɪ̯.çən/, /ˈlæɪ̯.kən/
Noun
leiken m
- definite singular of leik
References
- “leiken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “leiken”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016