leen

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See also: Leen

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

leen c

  1. definite singular of le

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

leen n (plural lenen, diminutive leentje n)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

leen

  1. inflection of lenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

leen

  1. genitive singular of lee

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

leen

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

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

leen

  1. alone

Further reading[edit]

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lœna.

Noun[edit]

leen

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈleen/ [ˈle.ẽn]
  • Rhymes: -een
  • Syllabification: le‧en

Verb[edit]

leen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of leer

Wolof[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

leen

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

See also[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

leen

  1. line

References[edit]

  • 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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