Linnen
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: linnen
English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Perhaps a variant of Lennon .
Proper noun
[edit ]Linnen (plural Linnens )
- A surname .
Statistics
[edit ]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Linnen is the 40313th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 543 individuals. Linnen is most common among Black/African American (56.72%) and White (39.23%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit ]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), "Linnen", in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 442.
German
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from Middle Low German linnen .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]Linnen n (strong , genitive Linnens , plural Linnen)
Usage notes
[edit ]- ‟Linen" as a fabric is usually called Leinen in German. A Linnen is a ‟cloth of linen", particularly in the plural where Leinen is undistinguishable from the plural of Leine ("line"). Linnen is a literary term, however. A more general word would be Leinentuch (pl. -tücher ).
Declension
[edit ]Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Linnen&oldid=90688256"
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- German terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German literary terms