linden

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From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.dən/

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linden (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Made of lime-wood.

• linden-tree

linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)

1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
2. The soft wood of such trees.

• (tree): basswood, lime
• (wood): basswood

• -inda
• lind
• Linda
• lithe

• dinnle, linned

linden c

1. definite singular of lind

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: lin‧den
• Rhymes: -ɪndən
• Homophone: Linden

linden

1. plural of linde

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linden

1. inflection of lind:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

From Old English linden, equivalent to lynde +‎ -en (“made of”).

linden

1. Made of limewood.

• English: linden

• “linden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

From lind +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.den/

linden

1. made of lime-wood

• Middle English: linden
  • English: linden

linden

1. inflection of lindar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

linden

1. definite singular of lind