lenen

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːnə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: le‧nen
• Rhymes: -eːnən

From Middle Dutch lênen, from Old Dutch *lēnen, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną.

lenen

1. (transitive) to borrow [with van ‘from’]
2. (ditransitive, or with an indirect object) to lend
3. (reflexive) to lend itself to, be fit [with tot ‘for’]

• leen

• Afrikaans: leen
• Berbice Creole Dutch: leni
• Negerhollands: leen, lin
• →? Saramaccan: le'ni
• →? Sranan Tongo: leni
  • → Kari'na: renima

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lenen

1. plural of leen

From Old Dutch *lēnen, from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan.

lênen

1. To lend
2. To borrow
3. To grant, to allow.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: lenen
• Limburgish: lieëne

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

From Proto-West Germanic *hlainijan.

lēnen

1. To lean, to rest.

• Middle Dutch: lênen, leinen
  • Dutch: leunen

• “lēnen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012