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Swedish
Pronunciation
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
- (historical) fief, fiefdom
- a county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
Declension
Etymology 2
From Turkish lan.
Noun
län
- Alternative form of len (“friend, buddy, pal”)
References
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English land and German Land.
Pronunciation
Noun
län (nominative plural läns)
- 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
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms