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Leiden

Leiden

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English

Alternative forms

Leyden (archaic)

Proper noun

Leiden

  1. A city in South Holland on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Leyden+jar&allowed_in_frame=0
  2. ↑ Jona Lendering (accessed 11 June 2010), “Towns in Germania Inferior: Lugdunum (Brittenburg)”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Livius.org

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯də(n)/

Proper noun

Leiden n

  1. Leiden

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ̯dn̩/, /ˈlaɪ̯dən/

Noun

Leiden n ‎(genitive Leidens, plural Leiden)

  1. suffering, pain, grief

Proper noun

Leiden ? ‎(genitive Leiden) n

  1. Leiden

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch Leiden.

Proper noun

Leiden f

  1. Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)

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Dutch

Verb

leiden

  1. (transitive) to lead, to take the lead
  2. (transitive) to guide
  3. (intransitive) to lead, to go, to follow a path to
    Alle wegen leiden naar Rome.‎
    All roads lead to Rome.

Inflection

Inflection of leiden (weak)
infinitive leiden
past singular leidde
past participle geleid
infinitive leiden
gerund leiden n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular leid leidde
2nd person sing. (jij) leidt leidde
2nd person sing. (u) leidt leidde
2nd person sing. (gij) leidt leidde
3rd person singular leidt leidde
plural leiden leidden
subjunctive sing.1 leide leidde
subjunctive plur.1 leiden leidden
imperative sing. leid
imperative plur.1 leidt
participles leidend geleid
1) Archaic.

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German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līþaną. Sense developed from 'go, travel' to 'endure', then to 'suffer'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ̯dn̩/, /ˈlaɪ̯dən/

Verb

leiden ‎(class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present leidet, past tense litt, past participle gelitten, past subjunctive litte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to bear; to endure; to undergo (some hardship)
  2. (intransitive) to suffer; to feel pain
  3. (intransitive) to suffer (from; a disease)
    • 2012 April 20, Die Welt , page 22:
      Durch Passivrauchen steigt bei Kindern das Risiko, dass sie als Erwachsene an einer chronisch-obstruktiven Lungenerkrankung leiden.
      By passive smoking, the risk increases in children that they suffer from chronic obstructive lung disease as adults.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German līdan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. Cognate with German leiden, Dutch lijden, English lithe, Icelandic líða. Related to leeden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑɪ̯dən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑɪdən

Verb

leiden ‎(third-person singular present leit, past participle gelidden, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to suffer, to feel pain
  2. (transitive) to bear, to suffer, to endure

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive leiden
participle gelidden
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular leiden —
2nd singular leits leit
3rd singular leit —
1st plural leiden —
2nd plural leit leit
3rd plural leiden —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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Etymology

Said to be from Germanic *līþa- "canal"[1]. Leiden has historically been associated with the Roman outpost Lugdunum Batavorum and so it was thought the name Leiden had to be derived from this Latin name. This particular castellum was however closer to the town of Katwijk, whereas the Roman settlement near modern-day Leiden was called Matilo.[2]

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