Wiktionary

leende

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːndə

Verb

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leende

  1. inflection of lenen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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leende

  1. Alternative form of lende

Etymology 2

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Verb

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leende

  1. Alternative form of lenden (“to come, to dwell”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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leende

  1. present participle of le
  2. present participle of lee

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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leende

  1. present participle of le
    Han gick sin väg leende
    He walked away smiling.

Adjective

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leende (not comparable)

  1. (only used attributively) smiling
    en leende man
    a smiling man

Usage notes

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One would say "Mannen ler" instead of "Mannen är leende." See le (“to smile”).

Noun

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leende n

  1. a smile
    med ett leende på läpparna
    with a smile on his face (literally "on his lips," idiomatic)

Declension

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Declension of leende 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative leende leendet leenden leendena
Genitive leendes leendets leendens leendenas

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References

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