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leen

See also: Leen

Danish

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Noun

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leen c

  1. definite singular of le

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: leen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch leen, from Old Dutch *lēn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Noun

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leen n (plural lenen, diminutive leentje n)

  1. fief, feudal estate
    Synonym: feudum
  2. (obsolete) loan
    Synonym: lening
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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leen

  1. inflection of lenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Noun

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leen

  1. genitive singular of lee

Galician

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Verb

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leen

  1. inflection of lear:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Hunsrik

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Adverb

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leen

  1. alone

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lœna.

Noun

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leen

  1. A piece of grassy land in a moor or by a river, a meadow, freq. of a pasture of natural grass.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleen/ [ˈle.ẽn]
  • Rhymes: -een
  • Syllabification: le‧en

Verb

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leen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of leer

Wolof

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Pronoun

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leen

  1. you (second-person plural object pronoun)
  2. them (third-person plural object pronoun)

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Wolof personal pronouns
singular subject plural subject singular object plural object
1st person man nun ma nu
2nd person yow yeen la leen
3rd person moom ñoom ko leen

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English lyne, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leen

  1. line

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 52
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