leder

See also: Leder, lêder, and ledér

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːdər/, [ˈleːðɐ]

Etymology 1

From lede (“to lead, conduct”) +‎ -er.

Noun

leder c (singular definite lederen, plural indefinite ledere)

1. leader, manager, head
2. editorial (opinion article in newspaper, made by editors)
3. conductor (esp. of electrical charge)

Declension

Declension of leder

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leder	lederen	ledere	lederne
genitive	leders	lederens	lederes	ledernes

Synonyms

• halvleder, superleder

Etymology 2

See lede (“to lead, conduct, run”) and lede (“to look, search”).

Verb

leder

1. (deprecated template usage) present of lede

Further reading

• leder on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch leder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *létrom.

Compare Low German Ledder, West Frisian leare, German Leder, English leather, Danish læder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: le‧der
• Rhymes: -eːdər

Noun

leder n (uncountable, diminutive ledertje n)

1. leather
2. Short for lederkarper.

Synonyms

• leer

Anagrams

• deler, relde

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Middle English

Noun

leder

1. Alternative form of lether

Adjective

leder

1. Alternative form of lether

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlêːdə̌ɾ]

Etymology 1

From lede +‎ -er.

Noun

leder m (definite singular lederen, indefinite plural ledere, definite plural lederne)

1. a leader
2. (electricity) a conductor

Derived terms

Terms derived from leder

• halvleder
• lederskap
• lederstil
• møteleder

• nestleder
• opposisjonsleder
• partileder
• styreleder

• superleder
• urinleder
• veileder

Etymology 2

Verb

leder

1. (deprecated template usage) present of lede

References

• “leder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

leder

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of led

Verb

leder

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of leda.