"len" meaning in Swedish

See len in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old Norse linr, from Proto-Germanic *linwaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|linr}} Old Norse linr, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*linwaz}} Proto-Germanic *linwaz Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|lenare|superlative|lenast||f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} len (comparative lenare, superlative lenast), {{sv-adj}} len (comparative lenare, superlative lenast) Forms: lenare [comparative], lenast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], len [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], lenare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], lenast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], lent [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], lenare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], lenast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], lena [indefinite, plural, positive], lenare [comparative, indefinite, plural], lenast [indefinite, plural, superlative], lene [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], lenare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], lenast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], lene [definite, masculine, positive, singular], lenare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], lenaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], lena [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], lenare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], lenaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. smooth and soft
    Sense id: en-len-sv-adj-zm5kM9Je
  2. (by extension) smooth (of taste and the like) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-len-sv-adj-UAVrZWnC Categories (other): Pages with 21 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 21 entries: 7 6 19 15 10 7 2 0 11 7 1 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 6 18 14 11 7 1 0 12 7 0 2 14 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 2 65 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: honungslen (english: honeyed), len i munnen, len som en barnrumpa (english: smooth as a baby's bottom), len som en persika (english: smooth as a peach), len som honung (english: smooth as butter; smooth as honey) [literally], Lena Handén, silkeslen (english: silky, silky smooth) Related terms: slät (english: smooth (whether hard or soft))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Turkish lan. Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|tr|lan}} Turkish lan Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} len
  1. (slang) friend, buddy, pal (friendly term of address) Tags: slang Synonyms: bror, mannen
    Sense id: en-len-sv-noun-tURLwjw-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "honeyed",
      "translation": "honeyed",
      "word": "honungslen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "len i munnen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "smooth as a baby's bottom",
      "translation": "smooth as a baby's bottom",
      "word": "len som en barnrumpa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "smooth as a peach",
      "translation": "smooth as a peach",
      "word": "len som en persika"
    },
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      "word": "len som honung"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lena Handén"
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      "english": "silky, silky smooth",
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "lena",
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          "english": "What's going on, buddy?",
          "text": "Vad händer, len?",
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      "english": "honeyed",
      "translation": "honeyed",
      "word": "honungslen"
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    {
      "word": "len i munnen"
    },
    {
      "english": "smooth as a baby's bottom",
      "translation": "smooth as a baby's bottom",
      "word": "len som en barnrumpa"
    },
    {
      "english": "smooth as a peach",
      "translation": "smooth as a peach",
      "word": "len som en persika"
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    {
      "english": "smooth as butter; smooth as honey",
      "tags": [
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      "translation": "smooth as butter; smooth as honey",
      "word": "len som honung"
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      "english": "silky, silky smooth",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "len",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
  "path": [
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.