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linden - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Adjective

linden (not comparable)

  • (obsolete) Made of lime -wood.

Noun

linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)

  • Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart - shaped leaves.
    • ✤ The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset.1
  • The soft wood of such trees.

Etymology

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic ﹡lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic ﹡lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlɪn.dən/
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Footnotes

  1. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 158: ↩

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