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livegen

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Danish

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Etymology

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From liv (life) +‎ egen (own), calque of German leibeigen, Leibeigener.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /liv.eːˀɣən/, [ˈliwˌeˀjən], [ˈliwˌeˀen]

Adjective

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livegen (neuter livegent, plural and definite singular attributive livegne)

  1. adscript (bound to a tract of land)

Noun

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livegen (singular definite den livegne, plural indefinite livegne)

  1. (historical) serf (a partially free peasant performin labour for a lord)

Declension

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References

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Swedish

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Etymology

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liv +‎ egen, from German leibeigen, used in Swedish since 1631.

Adjective

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livegen (not comparable)

  1. in villeinage, in serfdom, adscript

Declension

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Inflection of livegen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular livegen
neuter singular liveget
plural livegna
masculine plural2 livegne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 livegne
all livegna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Noun

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livegen c

  1. a serf, a villein, an adscript, a feudal tenant

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