leiden

From Middle Dutch leiden, from Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛi̯də(n)/
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

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• Homophones: lijden, Leiden

leiden

1. (transitive) to lead, to take the lead
2. (transitive) to guide

   Synonyms: gidsen, rondleiden

3. (intransitive) to lead, to go, to follow a path to

   Alle wegen leiden naar Rome.

   All roads lead to Rome.

• Afrikaans: lei
• Negerhollands: lei
• → Papiamentu: lei (dated)

• deel in, dele in, indeel, indele, lieden

leiden

1. genitive plural of lei

leiden

1. genitive plural of lee

• lieden

• laiden (obsolete)

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

Cognate with Dutch lijden, Low German lieden, English lithe. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”. This happened under the influence of Middle High German leiden (“to be sorry, suffer, be hated”), from Old High German leidēn, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþijan, and also the originally unrelated noun Leid (“sorrow”), which is cognate with English loath.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯dən/, [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩]

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leiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present leidet, past tense litt, past participle gelitten, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc.

   Lerne leiden ohne zu klagen.

   Learn to suffer without complaining.

2. (transitive) to suffer, bear, endure, undergo, experience (some hardship)

   Er litt höllische Qualen.

   He suffered hellish torment.

3. (intransitive) to suffer [with an (+ dative) ‘from a disease or condition’]

   Die Gefangenen leiden an Unterernährung.

   The prisoners suffer from malnutrition.

   • 2012 April 20, Die Welt‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 22:

     Durch Passivrauchen steigt bei Kindern das Risiko, dass sie als Erwachsene an einer chronisch-obstruktiven Lungenerkrankung leiden.

     By passive smoking, the risk increases in children that they suffer from chronic obstructive lung disease as adults.

4. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) to like, tolerate

   Ich kann ihn einfach nicht leiden!

   I just can't stand him!

• Leid (this and the following are related by secondary association only)
• leid
• leider

• → Kashubian: lëdac

• “leiden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “leiden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “leiden” in Duden online
• “leiden” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

Cognate with German leiden, Dutch lijden, English lithe, Icelandic líða. Related to leeden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɪ̯dən/
• Rhymes: -ɑɪdən

leiden (third-person singular present leit, past participle gelidden, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to suffer, to feel pain
2. (transitive) to bear, to suffer, to endure

• erleiden

• Leed

From Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

leiden

1. to lead, to bring
2. to lead, to guide, to conduct

• lêden

• Dutch: leiden
  • Afrikaans: lei
• Limburgish: leide, leie, lèèje

• “leiden (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leiden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

leiden

1. to lead, to bring

• leido (“leader”)

• Middle Dutch: leiden, lêden
  • Dutch: leiden
    • Afrikaans: lei
  • Limburgish: leide, leie, lèèje

• “lēden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012