livegen

Danish

Etymology

From liv (“life”) +‎ egen (“own”), calque of German leibeigen, Leibeigener.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liv.eːˀɣən/, [ˈliwˌeˀjən], [ˈliwˌeˀen]

Adjective

livegen (neuter livegent, plural and definite singular attributive livegne)

  1. adscript (bound to a tract of land)

Noun

livegen (singular definite den livegne, plural indefinite livegne)

  1. (historical) serf (a partially free peasant performin labour for a lord)

Declension

Declension of livegen
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative livegen den livegne livegne de livegne
genitive livegens den livegnes livegnes de livegnes

References

Swedish

Etymology

liv +‎ egen, from German leibeigen, used in Swedish since 1631.

Adjective

livegen (not comparable)

  1. in villeinage, in serfdom, adscript

Declension

Inflection of livegen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular livegen — —
neuter singular liveget — —
plural livegna — —
masculine plural2 livegne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 livegne — —
all livegna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

livegen c

  1. a serf, a villein, an adscript, a feudal tenant

References

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