lönn

See also: lønn

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlynr. Cognate with Danish løn, Norwegian lønn, Faroese lynur, Icelandic hlynur.

Noun

lönn c

maple (Acer species)

Declension

Declension of lönn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lönn	lönnen	lönnar	lönnarna
Genitive	lönns	lönnens	lönnars	lönnarnas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laun (“secrecy, concealment”), from Proto-Germanic *laugnaz (“hidden”).

Noun

lönn c (uncountable)

(archaic except in compounds and the listed example) secret
att göra något i lönn ― to do something in secret

Derived terms

i lönndom (“in secret, secretly”)
lönn- (“secret, concealed”)

Further reading

lönn in Svensk ordbok.
Lönnsläktet on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv

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