"Lein" meaning in German

See Lein in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laɪ̯n/ Audio: De-Lein.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯n Etymology: From Middle High German līn, from Old High German līn, from Proto-West Germanic *līn. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|līn}} Middle High German līn, {{inh|de|goh|līn}} Old High German līn, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*līn}} Proto-West Germanic *līn Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Lein m (strong, genitive Leines or Leins, plural Leine) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Leines [genitive], Leins [genitive], Leine [plural], strong [table-tags], Lein [nominative, singular], Leine [definite, nominative, plural], Leines [genitive, singular], Leins [genitive, singular], Leine [definite, genitive, plural], Lein [dative, singular], Leine [dative, singular], Leinen [dative, definite, plural], Lein [accusative, singular], Leine [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. linen Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Lein-de-noun-B60u8WB9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. flax Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Lein-de-noun-TOWLNNis

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Lein meaning in German (2.6kB)

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