Linde

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• As a German, Dutch, Jewish, and North Germanic surname, from Linde (“lime tree”). Compare Lindy.
• As a Spanish surname, from linde (“boundary”).

Linde (plural Lindes)

1. A surname from German.

• Edlin, Nield, indel, inled, lined

• (Drenthe) First attested as bij der Lynden in 1543. Derived from linde (“linden, Tilia sp.”).
• (Deventer) First attested as in villa dicta linlo in 1290. Perhaps a compound of Proto-Germanic *hlîn- (“Norway maple, Acer platanoides”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Lent and Lenthe.
• (Twenterand) First attested as dat nye huis to lynne in 1381-1383. Likely derived from Middle Dutch linde (“linden, Tilia sp.”) (see modern linde).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.də/

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• Hyphenation: Lin‧de
• Rhymes: -ɪndə
• Homophone: linde

Linde n

1. A village in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.
3. A hamlet in Twenterand, Overijssel, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German linde, linte, from Old High German linta, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪndə/, [ˈlɪndə]

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Linde f (genitive Linde, plural Linden)

1. linden, lime tree (Tilia gen. et spp.)
   • 1844, Heinrich Heine, “Tragödie III”, in Neue Gedichte:

     Auf ihrem Grab da steht eine Linde, / drin pfeifen die Vögel und Abendwinde, / und drunter sitzt, auf dem grünen Platz, / der Müllersknecht mit seinem Schatz.

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• “Linde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Linde” in Duden online