leunen

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Basque

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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leunen

  1. superlative degree of leun
Declension
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Adverb

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leunen

  1. superlative degree of leun

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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leunen

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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leunen

  1. to lean

Conjugation

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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

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