lån

See also: laan, Laan, and Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔˀn]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish lån, German Lehn (English loan is borrowed from Old Norse). Doublet of len.

Noun

lån n (singular definite lånet, plural indefinite lån)

  1. loan
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lån

  1. imperative of låne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lán.

Noun

lån n (definite singular lånet, indefinite plural lån, definite plural låna or lånene)

  1. a loan
Derived terms

Verb

lån

  1. imperative of låne

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lán.

Noun

lån n (definite singular lånet, indefinite plural lån, definite plural låna)

  1. a loan

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lan, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

lån n

  1. loan

Declension

Declension of lån 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lån lånet lån lånen
Genitive låns lånets låns lånens

Derived terms

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