linden

See also: Linden

English

A linden tree, Tilia platyphyllos

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Old English linden, lind; from Proto-Germanic *lindō. The surface etymology is in lind +‎ -en, as 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

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 (āt°ā)
• Albanian: bli (sq) m
• Armenian: լորենի (hy) (loreni)
• Aromanian: tilju m, tiljiu m
• Azerbaijani: cökə (az)
• Bulgarian: липа́ (bg) f (lipа́)
• Catalan: tell, til·ler m
• Chechen: хьех (ḥeχ)
• Cherokee: ᎢᏕᎭ (ideha)
• 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 Greek: φιλύρα f (philúra)

• Hungarian: hársfa (hu), hárs (hu)
• Icelandic: lind (is) f
• Ido: tilio (io)
• Irish: teile f
• Italian: tiglio (it) m
• 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 (lípa)
• Norman: tilleul m
• Occitan: telh (oc)
• 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: липа f

  Roman: lipa (sh) f

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

  Lower Sorbian: lipa f

• Spanish: tilo (es) m
• Swedish: lind (sv) c
• Turkish: ıhlamur (tr)
• Venetian: tìlio m, teàr m, tiér m, tajér m, tajàro m
• Vilamovian: łynd f
• Volapük: tiliad (vo), tiliadabim

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} tilio
• French: ^{(please verify)} tilleul (fr) m
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} lind f

• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} lipa (sl) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} tilo (es) m

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

Adjective

linden

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

Adjective

linden

1. made of lime-wood

Descendants

• Middle English: linden
  • English: linden

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Spanish

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.