livegen

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. adscript (bound to a tract of land)

Noun

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livegen (singular definite den livegne, plural indefinite livegne)

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

Declension

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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livegen (not comparable)

  1. in villeinage, in serfdom, adscript

Declension

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Inflection of livegen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular livegen
Neuter singular liveget
Plural livegna
Masculine plural3 livegne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 livegne
All livegna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Noun

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livegen c

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

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