Linse

See also: linse and lìnsè

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Linse.

Proper noun

Linse (plural Linses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Linse is the 38801^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 569 individuals. Linse is most common among White (91.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 443.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.

Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща (lęšta) sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform.

If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation of lentil was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

The sense ‘lens’ is a semantic loan from Latin lēns (“lentil; lens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnzə/

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Noun

Linse f (genitive Linse, plural Linsen)

1. (optics) lens
2. lentil

Declension

Declension of Linse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Linse	die	Linsen
genitive	einer	der	Linse	der	Linsen
dative	einer	der	Linse	den	Linsen
accusative	eine	die	Linse	die	Linsen

Derived terms

• linsenförmig
• Linsensuppe

Descendants

• → Dutch: linze

Further reading

• “Linse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Linse” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Linse” in Duden online
• Linse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinsə/

Noun

Linse f

1. plural of Lins