lengte
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lengede, from Old Dutch *lengitha, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō. Corresponds to lang + -te. Cognate with German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), English length, Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛŋ.tə/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: leng‧te
- Rhymes: -ɛŋtə
Noun
lengte f (plural lengten or lengtes, diminutive lengtetje n)
- length
- height (of a person)
Derived terms
- golflengte
- lengte-afwijking
- lengte-as
- lengtecirkel
- lengtedal
- lengtegraad
- lengtemaat
- oosterlengte
- scheepslengte
- westerlengte
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lengte
- Negerhollands: lengte
Anagrams
- telgen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the adjective lang.
Verb
lengte (imperative lengt, present tense lengter, passive lengtes, simple past and past participle lengta or lengtet, present participle lengtende)
- to long, yearn (etter / for)
Related terms
- lengsel
References
- “lengte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “lengte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
lengte (present tense lengtar, past tense lengta, past participle lengta, passive infinitive lengtast, present participle lengtande, imperative lengte/lengt)
- Alternative form of lengta