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Leiden

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch Leiden, which see. Leiden has historically been associated with the Roman outpost Lugdūnum Batāvōrum and so it was thought the name Leiden had to be derived from this Latin name. This particular castellum was however closer to the town of Katwijk, whereas the Roman settlement near modern-day Leiden was called Matilo.[1]

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Leiden

  1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.

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References edit

  1. ^ Jona Lendering (2010 June 11 (last accessed)) “Towns in Germania Inferior: Lugdunum (Brittenburg)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], Livius.org, archived from the original on 15 February 2014

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Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch Leiden, older Leithen, originally the name of the village now called Leiderdorp, then transferred to the younger nearby settlement. Formerly hypothesized to be from Middle Dutch lēde (“dyke, drainage channel”), but this is derived from the past stem *lid- of Proto-Germanic *līþaną (“to pass through”), thus requiring an original -d-, not -þ- (see Grammatischer Wechsel). The early ei-spelling also speaks against this derivation. Instead probably from a Frankish *Lagiþon, from Proto-Germanic *laguz (“water”) + the placename suffix *-iþi.

The usual latinisation Lugdunum was taken from the name of a defunct historical settlement north of Katwijk, which was erroneously identified with Leiden. There is in all likelihood no relation between the two names.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯.də(n)/
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯.ə/ (locally; traditional, now sometimes affected)
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  • Hyphenation: Lei‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən
  • Homophones: leiden, lijden

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Leiden n

  1. Leiden (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
    Synonym: Sleutelstad (nickname)

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References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “leiden”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “leiden2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ̯dən/, [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩]
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Etymology 1 edit

Gerund of leiden (“to bear, to endure, to suffer”), a cognate of English lithe.

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Leiden n (strong, genitive Leidens, plural Leiden)

  1. suffering, pain, grief
  2. disease
Declension edit
Declension of Leiden [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Leiden die Leiden
genitive eines des Leidens der Leiden
dative einem dem Leiden den Leiden
accusative ein das Leiden die Leiden
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Etymology 2 edit

 
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Borrowed from Dutch Leiden.

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Leiden n (proper noun, genitive Leidens or (optionally with an article) Leiden)

  1. Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)
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Further reading edit

  • “Leiden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Leiden.

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Leiden

  1. Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)

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