Danish edit

Etymology edit

From liv (life) +‎ egen (own), calque of German leibeigen, Leibeigener.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /liv.eːˀɣən/, [ˈliwˌeˀjən], [ˈliwˌeˀen]

Adjective edit

livegen (neuter livegent, plural and definite singular attributive livegne)

  1. adscript (bound to a tract of land)

Noun edit

livegen (singular definite den livegne, plural indefinite livegne)

  1. (historical) serf (a partially free peasant performin labour for a lord)

Declension edit

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

liv +‎ egen, from German leibeigen, used in Swedish since 1631.

Adjective edit

livegen (not comparable)

  1. in villeinage, in serfdom, adscript

Declension edit

Inflection of livegen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular livegen
Neuter singular liveget
Plural livegna
Masculine plural3 livegne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 livegne
All livegna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Noun edit

livegen c

  1. a serf, a villein, an adscript, a feudal tenant

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