Lehen

See also: lehen

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehen/ [le.hẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /len/ [lẽn]
• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ehen
• (Southern) Rhymes: -en
• Hyphenation: Le‧hen

Proper noun

Lehen anim

1. A mythological sea serpent.
   • 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:

     Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]

     You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence […] like a male butterfly its cocoon?

Declension

Declension of Lehen (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Lehen
ergative	Lehenek
dative	Leheni
genitive	Lehenen
comitative	Lehenekin
causative	Lehenengatik
benefactive	Lehenentzat
instrumental	Lehenez
inessive	Lehenengan
locative	—
allative	Lehenengana
terminative	Lehenenganaino
directive	Lehenenganantz
destinative	Lehenenganako
ablative	Lehenengandik
partitive	Lehenik
prolative	Lehentzat

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːən

Noun

Lehen n (strong, genitive Lehens, plural Lehen)

1. feud or fief (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord)

Declension

Declension of Lehen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lehen	die	Lehen
genitive	eines	des	Lehens	der	Lehen
dative	einem	dem	Lehen	den	Lehen
accusative	ein	das	Lehen	die	Lehen

Related terms

• Lehnsherr

Further reading

• “Lehen” in Duden online