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livegen

Danish

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Etymology

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From liv (“life”) +‎ egen (“own”), calque of German leibeigen, Leibeigener.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /liv.eːˀɣən/, [ˈliwˌeˀjən], [ˈliwˌeˀen]

Adjective

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livegen (neuter livegent, plural and definite singular attributive livegne)

  1. adscript (bound to a tract of land)

Noun

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livegen (singular definite den livegne, plural indefinite livegne)

  1. (historical) serf (a partially free peasant performin labour for a lord)

Declension

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Declension of livegen
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative livegen den livegne livegne de livegne
genitive livegens den livegnes livegnes de livegnes
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Swedish

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Etymology

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liv +‎ egen, from German leibeigen, used in Swedish since 1631.

Adjective

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livegen (not comparable)

  1. in villeinage, in serfdom, adscript

Declension

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Inflection of livegen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular livegen — —
Neuter singular liveget — —
Plural livegna — —
Masculine plural3 livegne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 livegne — —
All livegna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Noun

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livegen c

  1. a serf, a villein, an adscript, a feudal tenant

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