"Laken" meaning in All languages combined

See Laken on Wiktionary

Proper name [Dutch]

Etymology: The name is of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *laku (“stream, lake, pool”) (compare German Lache), referring to the Molenbeek stream. Etymology templates: {{der|nl|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*laku|t=stream, lake, pool}} Proto-West Germanic *laku (“stream, lake, pool”), {{cog|de|Lache}} German Lache, {{m|en|Molenbeek}} Molenbeek Head templates: {{nl-proper noun}} Laken ?
  1. A Belgian municipality, near Brussels, site of the largest royal palace estate.
    Sense id: en-Laken-nl-name-y3RjuYaG Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈlaːkən/, [ˈlaːkən], [ˈlaːkŋ̩]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“sheet, cloth”). The High German cognate Middle High German lachen, from Old High German lahhan, had already been declining in use when the form Laken was introduced during the pre-eminence of the Dutch and Northern German cloth industry (14th/15th centuries). Cognate with Dutch laken. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|gml|lāken|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Low German lāken, {{bor+|de|gml|lāken}} Borrowed from Middle Low German lāken, {{der|de|osx|lakan}} Old Saxon lakan, {{der|de|gem-pro|*lakaną|t=sheet, cloth}} Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“sheet, cloth”), {{cog|gmh|lachen}} Middle High German lachen, {{cog|goh|lahhan}} Old High German lahhan, {{cog|nl|laken}} Dutch laken Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Laken n (strong, genitive Lakens, plural Laken) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Lakens [genitive], Laken [plural], strong [table-tags], Laken [nominative, singular], Laken [definite, nominative, plural], Lakens [genitive, singular], Laken [definite, genitive, plural], Laken [dative, singular], Laken [dative, definite, plural], Laken [accusative, singular], Laken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. sheet; bed sheet (linen used to cover mattresses or furniture, or sometimes instead of a blanket) Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Bedding Synonyms (linen): Tuch Synonyms (sheet): Bettlaken, Betttuch Hyponyms (sheet): Baumwolllaken, Leinenlaken
    Sense id: en-Laken-de-noun-OlJ1Kpce Disambiguation of Bedding: 56 31 13 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 57 40 2 Disambiguation of 'linen': 82 18 Disambiguation of 'sheet': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'sheet': 100 0
  2. (rare) other kinds of linens or large cloths Tags: neuter, rare, strong
    Sense id: en-Laken-de-noun-rwXzMyMy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Decke
Etymology number: 1

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈlaːkən/, [ˈlaːkən], [ˈlaːkŋ̩]
Head templates: {{head|de|noun form}} Laken
  1. plural of Lake Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Lake
    Sense id: en-Laken-de-noun-WFqEZ1PE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Laken meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.