leunen

Basque

Etymology 1

Adjective

leunen

1. superlative degree of leun

Declension

Declension of leunen (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		leunen	leunena	leunenak
ergative		leunenek	leunenak	leunenek
dative		leuneni	leunenari	leunenei
genitive		leunenen	leunenaren	leunenen
comitative		leunenekin	leunenarekin	leunenekin
causative		leunenengatik	leunenarengatik	leunenengatik
benefactive		leunenentzat	leunenarentzat	leunenentzat
instrumental		leunenez	leunenaz	leunenez
inessive	anim.	leunenengan	leunenarengan	leunenengan
	inanim.	leunenetan	leunenean	leunenetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	leunenetako	leuneneko	leunenetako
allative	anim.	leunenengana	leunenarengana	leunenengana
	inanim.	leunenetara	leunenera	leunenetara
terminative	anim.	leunenenganaino	leunenarenganaino	leunenenganaino
	inanim.	leunenetaraino	leuneneraino	leunenetaraino
directive	anim.	leunenenganantz	leunenarenganantz	leunenenganantz
	inanim.	leunenetarantz	leunenerantz	leunenetarantz
destinative	anim.	leunenenganako	leunenarenganako	leunenenganako
	inanim.	leunenetarako	leunenerako	leunenetarako
ablative	anim.	leunenengandik	leunenarengandik	leunenengandik
	inanim.	leunenetatik	leunenetik	leunenetatik
partitive		leunenik	—	—
prolative		leunentzat	—	—

Adverb

leunen

1. superlative degree of leun

Etymology 2

Adjective

leunen

1. genitive indefinite of leun
2. genitive plural of leun

Dutch

Etymology

The verb is the result of the merger of two middle dutch verbs that meant to 'lean':

• From Middle Dutch lēnen, from Old Dutch *linon, from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną.
• From Middle Dutch lênen - leinen, from Old Dutch lēnen - *leinen, from Proto-West Germanic *hlainijan, from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną.

To avoid homonymy with the verb lenen (“to loan”), the word adopted a dialectal 'eu' (øː) vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈløː.nə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: leu‧nen
• Rhymes: -øːnən
• Homophone: Leunen

Verb

leunen

1. to lean

Conjugation

Conjugation of leunen (weak)
infinitive	leunen
past singular	leunde
past participle	geleund
infinitive	leunen
gerund	leunen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	leun	leunde
2nd person sing. (jij)	leunt, leun2	leunde
2nd person sing. (u)	leunt	leunde
2nd person sing. (gij)	leunt	leunde
3rd person singular	leunt	leunde
plural	leunen	leunden
subjunctive sing.1	leune	leunde
subjunctive plur.1	leunen	leunden
imperative sing.	leun
imperative plur.1	leunt
participles	leunend	geleund
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: leun
• Negerhollands: lee
• → West Frisian: leune
• → Papiamentu: lèn, len, lènt, leun, leen