Leite

See also: leite

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, from the female personal name Aleite, shortened from the name Adelheid.
• As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, from Old Norse leiti (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”).
• As a Portuguese surname, from the noun leite (“milk”).

Proper noun

Leite (plural Leites)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leite is the 10316^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3123 individuals. Leite is most common among White (83.48%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Eitel, Tiele, elite, élite

German

Etymology

From Middle High German līte, from Old High German hlīta, from Proto-West Germanic *hlīdu, from Proto-Germanic *hlīdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɪ̯tə]
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Noun

Leite f (genitive Leite, plural Leiten)

1. (Upper German) slope, incline

   Synonyms: Abhang, Berghang

   • 2009 April 8, Roswitha Diemer, “Eurasburg […] Ein neuer Dorfplatz mit Brunnen”, in Merkur.de‎^[1]:

     Eine weitere Neuerung ist die Installation eines Dorfbrunnens. Dafür will die Gemeinde eine Rohrleitung vom Weiher an der Leite hinunter zum Dorfplatz verlegen.

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Conjugation

Declension of Leite [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Leite	die	Leiten
genitive	einer	der	Leite	der	Leiten
dative	einer	der	Leite	den	Leiten
accusative	eine	die	Leite	die	Leiten

Further reading

• “Leite” in Duden online
• “Leite” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Leite” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon