Leidener

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Leiden +‎ -er. Compare German Leidener

Noun[edit]

Leidener (plural Leideners)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands.
    Synonym: (rare) Leidenite
    • 1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, →ISBN, page 52:
      The choice to retain a tax rather than to forgo a university (whose benefits Leideners continue to enjoy) demonstrated that the burghers of the Netherlands did not object to taxes as such.

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Leiden +‎ -er

Adjective[edit]

Leidener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Leyden

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

Leidener m (strong, genitive Leideners, plural Leidener, feminine Leidenerin)

  1. inhabitant of or one hailing from Leyden

Declension[edit]