lengte

• (obsolete) langte

From Middle Dutch lengede, from Old Dutch *lengitha, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō. Corresponds to lang +‎ -te. Cognate with German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), English length, Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛŋ.tə/

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• Hyphenation: leng‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛŋtə

lengte f (plural lengten or lengtes, diminutive lengtetje n)

1. length
2. height (of a person)

• Afrikaans: lengte
• Negerhollands: lengte

• telgen

From the adjective lang.

lengte (imperative lengt, present tense lengter, passive lengtes, simple past and past participle lengta or lengtet, present participle lengtende)

1. to long, yearn (etter / for)

• lengsel

• “lengte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lengte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

lengte (present tense lengtar, past tense lengta, past participle lengta, passive infinitive lengtast, present participle lengtande, imperative lengte/lengt)

1. Alternative form of lengta