Lehnwort

German

Etymology

From lehnen (“to lend, borrow”) +‎ Wort (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːnˌvɔʁt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Lehnwort n (strong, genitive Lehnwortes or Lehnworts, plural Lehnwörter)

1. loanword, foreign word, borrowing

   Synonym: Fremdwort

   Coordinate term: Erbwort

Declension

Declension of Lehnwort [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lehnwort	die	Lehnwörter
genitive	eines	des	Lehnwortes, Lehnworts	der	Lehnwörter
dative	einem	dem	Lehnwort, Lehnworte1	den	Lehnwörtern
accusative	ein	das	Lehnwort	die	Lehnwörter

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → Danish: låneord (calque)
• → Dutch: leenwoord (calque)
• → English: loanword (calque)
• → Estonian: laensõna (calque)
• → Finnish: lainasana (calque)
• → Norwegian: lånord (calque)
• → Swedish: lånord (calque)

Further reading

• Lehnwort on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Lehnwort” in Duden online
• “Lehnwort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache