leje

From lë, with -je feminizing suffix.

leje f

1. permission, allowance, authorization
2. leave

• lë
• lejoj

• leeje, lege (alternative spellings)
• lüjje (Ripuarian variant, from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence)
• liehe (southern Moselle Franconian)
• leie, luje (Kirchröadsj)

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːjə/

leje (third-person singular present lüch or leecht, past tense looch, past participle jeloge or geloge)

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to lie; to tell lies

   Dä lüch, wann e ald de Muul opmäht.

   He lies whenever he opens his mouth.

• The forms lüch; looch; jeloge are Ripuarian, while leecht; looch; geloge are Moselle Franconian.

• IPA^(key):

leje

1. inflection of lít:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. masculine singular present transgressive

   Synonym: lije

• IPA^(key): /lajə/,
• Homophone: lege

From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (“lying in bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (“anchorage”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie”).

leje n (singular definite lejet, plural indefinite lejer)

1. bed, bedding (anything that someone lies on)
2. lair, den, form, seat
3. bearing
4. berth (space for a ship to moor)
5. fishing hamlet
6. pitch, range
7. presentation (position of the foetus in the uterus at birth)

• “leje,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leiga (“rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigǭ, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish lega. Derived from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”), which is the source of Old Norse ljá and German leihen.

leje c (singular definite lejen, plural indefinite lejer)

1. rent, rental
2. renting, hire, leasing, chartering

• “leje,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Danish leghæ, from Old Norse leigja (“to rent”), from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną, cognate with Norwegian leie, Swedish leja. Related to the former word.

leje (past tense lejede, past participle lejet)

1. rent, hire, lease, charter

• “leje,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

lej (“leu”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: le‧je

leje

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lej

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.jɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛjɛ
• Syllabification: le‧je
• Homophone: leję

leje m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lej

leje f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of leja

leje

1. third-person singular present indicative of lać

leje

1. inflection of leja:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural