leiden

See also: Leiden

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch leiden, from Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯də(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən
  • (file)
  • Homophones: lijden, Leiden

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
present tense past tense
1st person singular leidleidde
2nd person sing. (jij) leidtleidde
2nd person sing. (u) leidtleidde
2nd person sing. (gij) leidtleidde
3rd person singular leidtleidde
plural leidenleidden
subjunctive sing.1 leideleidde
subjunctive plur.1 leidenleidden
imperative sing. leid
imperative plur.1 leidt
participles leidendgeleid
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Anagrams


Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

leiden

  1. Genitive plural form of lei.

Etymology 2

Noun

leiden

  1. Genitive plural form of lee.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. Cognate with Dutch lijden, English lithe. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”. This happened under the influence of the originally unrelated noun Leid (sorrow), which is cognate with English loath.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ̯dən/, [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩]
  • (file)

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)
    Lerne leiden ohne zu klagen.
    Learn to suffer without complaining.
  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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Leid (this and the following are related by secondary association only)
  • leid
  • leider

Further reading


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.

Derived terms


Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

leiden

  1. to lead, to bring
  2. to lead, to guide, to conduct
Inflection
Weak
Infinitive leiden
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive leiden
In genitive leidens
In dative leidene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular leide
2nd singular leits, leides
3rd singular leit, leidet
1st plural leiden
2nd plural leit, leidet
3rd plural leiden
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular leide
2nd singular leits, leides
3rd singular leide
1st plural leiden
2nd plural leit, leidet
3rd plural leiden
Imperative Present
Singular leit, leide
Plural leit, leidet
Present Past
Participle leidende
Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

leiden ?

  1. Leiden (a city)
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • leiden (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • leiden (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • leiden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

leiden

  1. to lead, to bring

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • lēden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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