Lehnwort

German

Etymology

From lehnen (“to lend, borrow”) +‎ Wort (“word”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleːnˌvɔʁt/
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Noun

Lehnwort n (strong, genitive Lehnwortes or Lehnworts, plural Lehnwörter)

loanword, foreign word, borrowing
Synonym: Fremdwort

Coordinate term: Erbwort

Declension

Declension of Lehnwort [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lehnwort	die	Lehnwörter
genitive	eines	des	Lehnwortes, Lehnworts	der	Lehnwörter
dative	einem	dem	Lehnwort, Lehnworte¹	den	Lehnwörtern
accusative	ein	das	Lehnwort	die	Lehnwörter

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

→ Danish: låneord (calque)
→ Dutch: leenwoord (calque)
→ English: loanword (calque)
→ Estonian: laensõna (calque)
→ Finnish: lainasana (calque)
→ Norwegian: lånord (calque)
→ Swedish: lånord (calque)

Further reading

Lehnwort on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Lehnwort” in Duden online
“Lehnwort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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