lån

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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lån n (singular definite lånet, plural indefinite lån)

  1. loan
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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lån

  1. imperative of låne

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse lán.

Noun

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

  1. a loan
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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lån

  1. imperative of låne

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lán.

Noun

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

  1. a loan

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lån n

  1. loan

Declension

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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