leunen
Basque edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
leunen
Declension edit
Declension of leunen (adjective, ending in consonant)
Adverb edit
leunen
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
leunen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
The verb is the result of the merger of two middle dutch verbs that meant to 'lean':
- From Middle Dutch lēnen, from Old Dutch *linon, from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną.
- From Middle Dutch lênen - leinen, from Old Dutch lēnen - *leinen, from Proto-West Germanic *hlainijan, from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną.
To avoid homonymy with the verb lenen (“to loan”), the word adopted a dialectal 'eu' (øː) vowel.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leunen
- to lean
Inflection edit
| Inflection of leunen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | leunen | |||
| past singular | leunde | |||
| past participle | geleund | |||
| infinitive | leunen | |||
| gerund | leunen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | leun | leunde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leunt | leunde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leunt | leunde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leunt | leunde | ||
| 3rd person singular | leunt | leunde | ||
| plural | leunen | leunden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | leune | leunde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | leunen | leunden | ||
| imperative sing. | leun | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leunt | |||
| participles | leunend | geleund | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||