Leni

See also: leni, lenì, and lēni

German

Proper noun

Leni f (proper noun, genitive Lenis or Leni, plural Lenis)

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Helene or Magdalene
    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      Der Advokat trank, K. drückte Lenis Hand und Leni wagte es manchmal K.s Haare sanft zu streicheln.
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Declension
Declension of Leni [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Leni die Lenis
genitive einer der Lenis, Leni der Lenis
dative einer der Leni den Lenis
accusative eine die Leni die Lenis
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