linden

See also: Linden and Lindén

English
A linden tree, Tilia platyphyllos

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪn.dən/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

linden (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Made of lime-wood.

Derived terms
  • linden-tree

Noun

linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)

  1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
  2. The soft wood of such trees.

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

linden c

  1. definite singular of lind

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪn.də(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lin‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɪndən
  • Homophone: Linden

Noun

linden

  1. plural of linde

German

Pronunciation
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Adjective

linden

  1. inflection of lind:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English linden, equivalent to lynde +‎ -en (“made of”).

Adjective

linden

  1. Made of limewood.

Descendants
  • English: linden

References

Old English

Etymology

From lind +‎ -en.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlin.den/

Adjective

linden

  1. made of lime-wood

Declension
Declension of linden — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative linden lindenu, lindnu, lindeno, lindno linden
Accusative lindenne lindene, lindne linden
Genitive lindenes, lindnes lindenre lindenes, lindnes
Dative lindenum, lindnum lindenre lindenum, lindnum
Instrumental lindene, lindne lindenre lindene, lindne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lindene, lindne lindena, lindna, lindene, lindne lindenu, lindnu, lindeno, lindno
Accusative lindene, lindne lindena, lindna, lindene, lindne lindenu, lindnu, lindeno, lindno
Genitive lindenra lindenra lindenra
Dative lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum
Instrumental lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum
Declension of linden — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lindena, lindna lindene, lindne lindene, lindne
Accusative lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan lindene, lindne
Genitive lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan
Dative lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan
Instrumental lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan
Accusative lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan lindenan, lindnan
Genitive lindenra, lindenena, lindnena lindenra, lindenena, lindnena lindenra, lindenena, lindnena
Dative lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum
Instrumental lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum lindenum, lindnum

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

linden

  1. inflection of lindar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

linden

  1. definite singular of lind
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