lönn

See also: lønn

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlynr. Cognate with Danish løn, Norwegian lønn, Faroese lynur, Icelandic hlynur.

Noun

lönn c

1. maple (Acer species)

Declension

Declension of lönn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lönn	lönnen	lönnar	lönnarna
Genitive	lönns	lönnens	lönnars	lönnarnas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laun (“secrecy, concealment”), from Proto-Germanic *laugnaz (“hidden”).

Noun

lönn c (uncountable)

1. (archaic except in compounds and the listed example) secret

   att göra något i lönn ― to do something in secret

Derived terms

• i lönndom (“in secret, secretly”)
• lönn- (“secret, concealed”)

Further reading

• lönn in Svensk ordbok.
• Lönnsläktet on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv