"len" meaning in Danish

See len in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈleˀn]
Etymology: From Middle Low German lēn, from Old Saxon lēhan, from Proto-West Germanic *laihn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), cognate with German Lehn (Swedish län is a loan from Low German). Doublet of lån. Etymology templates: {{root|da|ine-pro|*leykʷ-}}, {{der|da|gml|lēn}} Middle Low German lēn, {{der|da|osx|lēhan}} Old Saxon lēhan, {{der|da|gmw-pro|*laihn}} Proto-West Germanic *laihn, {{der|da|gem-pro|*laihną||loan}} Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), {{cog|de|Lehn}} German Lehn, {{cog|sv|län}} Swedish län, {{doublet|da|lån}} Doublet of lån Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|lenet||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|len||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len), {{da-noun|et}} len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|et}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=lenenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=lens|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=lenets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=lens|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=lenene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=len|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=lenet|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=len}} Forms: lenet [definite, singular], len [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], len [indefinite, nominative, singular], lenet [definite, nominative, singular], len [indefinite, nominative, plural], lenene [definite, nominative, plural], lens [genitive, indefinite, singular], lenets [definite, genitive, singular], lens [genitive, indefinite, plural], lenenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (historical) fief (a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages) Tags: historical, neuter
    Sense id: en-len-da-noun-71L4hfeS Categories (other): Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 8 7 20 9 4 7 1 0 13 11 1 3 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 20 8 2 8 1 0 14 12 0 2 17 Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 65 26 9
  2. (historical) entailed estate (a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919) Tags: historical, neuter
    Sense id: en-len-da-noun-vsmYeuvt
  3. (historical) county (a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to the län of modern Sweden and Finland) Tags: historical, neuter Synonyms: amt, region, syssel
    Sense id: en-len-da-noun-Hi8hOW~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lensbaron, lensgreve, lensherre, lensmand, lensvæsen

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lensbaron"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lensgreve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lensherre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lensmand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lensvæsen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leykʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "lēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German lēn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "lēhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lēhan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laihn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laihn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*laihną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "loan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lehn"
      },
      "expansion": "German Lehn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "län"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish län",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "lån"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lån",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German lēn, from Old Saxon lēhan, from Proto-West Germanic *laihn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), cognate with German Lehn (Swedish län is a loan from Low German). Doublet of lån.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lenet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "len",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "len",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "len",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "len",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "lenet",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "lenenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "lens",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "lenets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "lens",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "lenene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "len",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "lenet",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "len"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 20 9 4 7 1 0 13 11 1 3 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 18 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 20 8 2 8 1 0 14 12 0 2 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 26 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fief (a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages)"
      ],
      "id": "en-len-da-noun-71L4hfeS",
      "links": [
        [
          "fief",
          "fief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) fief (a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "entailed estate (a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919)"
      ],
      "id": "en-len-da-noun-vsmYeuvt",
      "links": [
        [
          "entail",
          "entail"
        ],
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) entailed estate (a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "county (a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to the län of modern Sweden and Finland)"
      ],
      "id": "en-len-da-noun-Hi8hOW~l",
      "links": [
        [
          "county",
          "county"
        ],
        [
          "län",
          "län#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) county (a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to the län of modern Sweden and Finland)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amt"
        },
        {
          "word": "region"
        },
        {
          "word": "syssel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈleˀn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "len"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish doublets",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish neuter nouns",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leykʷ-",
    "Pages with 18 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lensbaron"
    },
    {
      "word": "lensgreve"
    },
    {
      "word": "lensherre"
    },
    {
      "word": "lensmand"
    },
    {
      "word": "lensvæsen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leykʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "lēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German lēn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "lēhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lēhan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laihn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laihn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*laihną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "loan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lehn"
      },
      "expansion": "German Lehn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "län"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish län",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "lån"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lån",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German lēn, from Old Saxon lēhan, from Proto-West Germanic *laihn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), cognate with German Lehn (Swedish län is a loan from Low German). Doublet of lån.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lenet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "len",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "len",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "len",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "len",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "lenet",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "lenenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "lens",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "lenets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "lens",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "lenene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "len",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "lenet",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "len"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fief (a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fief",
          "fief"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) fief (a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "entailed estate (a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entail",
          "entail"
        ],
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) entailed estate (a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "county (a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to the län of modern Sweden and Finland)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "county",
          "county"
        ],
        [
          "län",
          "län#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) county (a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to the län of modern Sweden and Finland)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amt"
        },
        {
          "word": "region"
        },
        {
          "word": "syssel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈleˀn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "len"
}

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