linden

See also: Linden

English

A linden tree, Tilia platyphyllos

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.dən/

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Adjective

linden (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Made of lime-wood.

Derived terms

• linden-tree

Noun

linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)

1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
2. The soft wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (tree): basswood, lime
• (wood): basswood

Related terms

• -inda
• lind
• Linda
• lithe

Translations

tree

• Abkhaz: аҭәа (at°a)
• Albanian: bli (sq) m
• Arabic: زَيْزَفُون‎ (ar) m (zayzafūn)
• Armenian: լորենի (hy) (loreni)
• Aromanian: tilju m, tiljiu m
• Azerbaijani: cökə (az)
• Bashkir: йүкә (yükä)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: липа́ (bg) f (lipá)
• Catalan: tell, til·ler m
• Chechen: хьех (ḥeχ)
• Cherokee: ᎢᏕᎭ (ideha)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椴 (zh) (duàn)

• Chuvash: ҫӑка (śăk̬a)
• Corsican: tigliolu (co) m
• Czech: lípa (cs) f
• Danish: lind c
• Dutch: linde (nl) m, lindeboom m
• Esperanto: tilio
• Estonian: pärn (et), pärnapuu
• Finnish: lehmus (fi)
• French: tilleul (fr) m
• Friulian: tei
• Georgian: ცაცხვი (cacxvi)
• German: Linde (de) f, Lindenbaum (de) m
• Greek: φλαμουριά (el) f (flamouriá), φιλύρα (el) f (filýra)

  Ancient: φιλύρα f (philúra)

• Hungarian: hársfa (hu), hárs (hu)
• Icelandic: lind (is) f, linditré (is) n
• Ido: tilio (io)
• Ingrian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: teile f
• Italian: tiglio (it) m
• Japanese: シナノキ (shinanoki)
• Kabardian: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: жөке (jöke)

• Latgalian: līpa f
• Latin: tilia (la) f
• Latvian: liepa f
• Lithuanian: liepa (lt) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: linn

• Luxembourgish: Lann f
• Macedonian: липа f (lipa)
• Norman: tilleul m
• Occitan: telh (oc)
• Old English: lind f
• Polish: lipa (pl) f
• Portuguese: tília (pt) f
• Romanian: tei (ro)
• Russian: ли́па (ru) f (lípa)
• Sardinian: tílliu m, tíja f, tílliu m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ли̏па f

  Roman: lȉpa (sh) f

• Sicilian: tigghiu (scn) m, tigliu (scn) m
• Slovene: lípa (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: lipa f

• Spanish: tilo (es) m
• Swedish: lind (sv) c
• Tatar: юкә (tt) (yukä)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: فلامور‎ (fılamur), افلامور‎ (ıflamur), اخلامور‎ (ıhlamur), اوغلامور‎ (uğlamur), اولامور‎ (ulamur)

  Modern Turkish: ıhlamur (tr)

• Ukrainian: ли́па (uk) f (lýpa)
• Venetian: tìlio m, teàr m, tiér m, tajér m, tajàro m
• Vietnamese: đoạn (vi) (椴 (vi))
• Vilamovian: łynd f
• Volapük: tiliad (vo), tiliadabim
• Welsh: llwyfanen fanw f

wood from such tree

• Dutch: lindehout n
• Estonian: pärnapuit
• Finnish: lehmus (fi)
• German: Linde (de) f
• Greek: φλαμούρι (el) n (flamoúri)
• Hungarian: hársfa (hu), hárs (hu)
• Latgalian: līpa f
• Latvian: liepkoks m

• Polish: lipa (pl) f
• Portuguese: tília (pt) f
• Russian: ли́па (ru) f (lípa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: липoвина f

  Roman: lipovina (sh)

• Volapük: tiliadaboad

Anagrams

• dinnle, linned

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Danish

Noun

linden c

1. definite singular of lind

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪndən

Noun

linden

1. Plural form of linde

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

linden

1. inflection of lind:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English linden, equivalent to lynde +‎ -en.

Adjective

linden

1. Made of limewood.

Descendants

• English: linden

References

• “linden,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

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Old English

Etymology

From lind +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.den/

Adjective

linden

1. made of lime-wood

Declension

Declension of linden — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	linden	lindenu, lindnu, lindeno, lindno	linden
Accusative	lindenne	lindene, lindne	linden
Genitive	lindenes, lindnes	lindenre	lindenes, lindnes
Dative	lindenum, lindnum	lindenre	lindenum, lindnum
Instrumental	lindene, lindne	lindenre	lindene, lindne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lindene, lindne	lindena, lindna, lindene, lindne	lindenu, lindnu, lindeno, lindno
Accusative	lindene, lindne	lindena, lindna, lindene, lindne	lindenu, lindnu, lindeno, lindno
Genitive	lindenra	lindenra	lindenra
Dative	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum
Instrumental	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum

Declension of linden — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lindena, lindna	lindene, lindne	lindene, lindne
Accusative	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan	lindene, lindne
Genitive	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan
Dative	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan
Instrumental	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan
Accusative	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan	lindenan, lindnan
Genitive	lindenra, lindenena, lindnena	lindenra, lindenena, lindnena	lindenra, lindenena, lindnena
Dative	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum
Instrumental	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum	lindenum, lindnum

Descendants

• Middle English: linden
  • English: linden

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Verb

linden

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of lindar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of lindar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of lindar.