leende
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leende
- inflection of lenen:
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
leende
- Alternative form of lende
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
leende
- Alternative form of lenden (“to come, to dwell”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
leende
- present participle of le
- present participle of lee
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
leende
- present participle of le
- Han gick sin väg leende
- He walked away smiling.
Adjective edit
leende (not comparable)
- (only used attributively) smiling
- en leende man
- a smiling man
Usage notes edit
One would say "Mannen ler" instead of "Mannen är leende." See le (“to smile”).
Noun edit
leende n
- a smile
- med ett leende på läpparna
- with a smile on his face (literally "on his lips," idiomatic)
Declension edit
| Declension of leende | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | leende | leendet | leenden | leendena |
| Genitive | leendes | leendets | leendens | leendenas |