Leiden

• Leyden (archaic)

Borrowed from Dutch Leiden, said to be from Proto-Germanic *līþa- (“canal”).[1] Leiden has historically been associated with the Roman outpost Lugdūnum Batāvōrum and so it was thought the name Leiden had to be derived from this Latin name. This particular castellum was however closer to the town of Katwijk, whereas the Roman settlement near modern-day Leiden was called Matilo.[2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪdən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪdən/
• Rhymes: -aɪdən, -eɪdən

Leiden

1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.

• Leyden jar

• Deline, deline, liened, neleid

Seemingly from Proto-Germanic *līþa- (“canal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛi̯də(n)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛi̯ə/ (locally; traditional, now sometimes affected)

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Leiden n

1. Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)

• Leidenaar
• Leids
• Leidse

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯dən/, [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩]

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Gerund of leiden (“to bear, to endure, to suffer”), a cognate of English lithe.

Leiden n (genitive Leidens, plural Leiden)

1. suffering, pain, grief
2. disease

• Leidenschaft

• Kummer m
• Kümmernis f
• Sorge f
• Trauer f
• Traurigkeit f

Seemingly from Proto-Germanic *līþa- (“canal”).

Leiden n (genitive Leidens)

1. Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)

• Leidener

Borrowed from Dutch Leiden, seemingly from Proto-Germanic *līþa- (“canal”).

Leiden f

1. Leiden (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)

• garrafa de Leyden