Wiktionary

leen

See also: Leen

Danish edit

Noun edit

leen c

  1. definite singular of le

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

leen n (plural lenen, diminutive leentje n)

  1. fief, feudal estate
    Synonym: feudum
  2. (obsolete) loan
    Synonym: lening
Derived terms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

leen

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

Anagrams edit

Finnish edit

Noun edit

leen

  1. genitive singular of lee

Galician edit

Verb edit

leen

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

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

leen

  1. alone

Further reading edit

Scots edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse lœna.

Noun edit

leen

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

leen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of leer

Wolof edit

Pronoun edit

leen

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

See also edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

leen

  1. line

References edit

  • 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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