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legende

See also: Legende, légende, and légendé

English

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Noun

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legende (plural legendes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of legend.

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

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legende c (singular definite legenden, plural indefinite legender)

  1. a legend
    en levende legende - a living legend
Inflection
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Declension of legende
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative legende legenden legender legenderne
genitive legendes legendens legenders legendernes
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Etymology 2

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From the verb at lege.

Verb

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legende

  1. present participle of at lege

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch legende, from Middle French legende, from Old French legende, from Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌləˈɣɛn.də/, /ˌleːˈɣɛn.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧gen‧de

Noun

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legende f (plural legenden or legendes, diminutive legendetje n)

  1. legend (fictional story based on oral tradition, possibly with a kernel of truth)

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leˈd͡ʒɛn.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnde
  • Hyphenation: le‧gèn‧de

Noun

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legende f pl

  1. plural of legenda

Latin

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Participle

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legende

  1. vocative masculine singular of legendus

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɛˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /lɛːˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛːd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /-and(ə)/, /-ɛnt/

Noun

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legende (plural legendes)

  1. A hagiography (biography of a saint)
  2. A compendium of hagiographies
  3. A historical narrative (usually about an individual)

Descendants

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  • English: legend
  • Scots: leegend

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

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legende m (definite singular legenden, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)

  1. a legend
    en levende legende ― a living legend
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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legende

  1. present participle of lege

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

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legende f (definite singular legenda, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)

  1. a legend
    ei levande legende - a living legend
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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

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legende oblique singular, f (oblique plural legendes, nominative singular legende, nominative plural legendes)

  1. legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events; in particular an account the life of a saint)

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Verb

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legende

  1. inflection of legendar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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