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
inan leunenetan leunenean leunenetan
locative anim — — —
inan leunenetako leuneneko leunenetako
allative anim leunenengana leunenarengana leunenengana
inan leunenetara leunenera leunenetara
terminative anim leunenenganaino leunenarenganaino leunenenganaino
inan leunenetaraino leuneneraino leunenetaraino
directive anim leunenenganantz leunenarenganantz leunenenganantz
inan leunenetarantz leunenerantz leunenetarantz
destinative anim leunenenganako leunenarenganako leunenenganako
inan leunenetarako leunenerako leunenetarako
ablative anim leunenengandik leunenarengandik leunenengandik
inan 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':

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈløː.nə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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
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