"län" meaning in Swedish

See län in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɛːn/ Audio: Sv-län.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish län, from Middle Low German lēn and from late Old Norse lén, whence also Danish len, Norwegian len, Icelandic lén, Faroese len. Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*leykʷ-}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|län}} Old Swedish län, {{der|sv|gml|lēn}} Middle Low German lēn, {{inh|sv|non|lén}} Old Norse lén, {{cog|da|len}} Danish len, {{cog|no|len}} Norwegian len, {{cog|is|lén}} Icelandic lén, {{cog|fo|len}} Faroese len Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} län n, {{sv-noun|n}} län n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], län [indefinite, nominative, singular], läns [genitive, indefinite, singular], länet [definite, nominative, singular], länets [definite, genitive, singular], län [indefinite, nominative, plural], läns [genitive, indefinite, plural], länen [definite, nominative, plural], länens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (historical) fief, fiefdom Tags: historical, neuter
    Sense id: en-län-sv-noun-7p8fdsZS
  2. a county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Government
    Sense id: en-län-sv-noun-9aqA9zzd Disambiguation of Government: 42 58 0 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 2 66 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: förläna, landshövding, länsantikvarie, länsarbetsdirektör, länsarbetsnämnd, länsarkitekt, länsassessor, länsbibliotek, länsbibliotekarie, länsbo, länsbokstav, länsbostadsnämnd, länsdelssjukhus, länsdemokrati, länsförbund, länsgräns, länsherre, länsindelning, länsjägmästare, länskonstnär, länslasarett, länsläkare, länsman, länsmuseum, länsmyndighet, länsnotarie, länsplanering, länspolischef, länspolismästare, länsresidens, länsråd, länsrätt, länssjukhus, länsskatterätt, länsskolinspektör, länsstyrelse, länsveterinär, länsvis, länsväg, länsväsen, länsväsende, länsåklagare, länsöverdirektör, läntagare, skogslän, slottslän

Noun

IPA: /lɛːn/ Audio: Sv-län.ogg
Etymology: From Turkish lan. Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|tr|lan}} Turkish lan Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} län
  1. Alternative form of len (“friend, buddy, pal”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: len (extra: friend, buddy, pal)
    Sense id: en-län-sv-noun-92oBXIa3 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 40 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 29 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "fiefdom",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) fief, fiefdom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "county",
          "county"
        ],
        [
          "Swedish",
          "Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-län.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/Sv-l%C3%A4n.ogg/Sv-l%C3%A4n.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Sv-l%C3%A4n.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "län",
    "sv:län"
  ],
  "word": "län"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms borrowed from Turkish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Turkish",
    "sv:Government"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tr",
        "3": "lan"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish lan",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Turkish lan.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "län",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "friend, buddy, pal",
          "word": "len"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of len (“friend, buddy, pal”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "len",
          "len#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-län.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/Sv-l%C3%A4n.ogg/Sv-l%C3%A4n.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Sv-l%C3%A4n.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "län",
    "sv:län"
  ],
  "word": "län"
}

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