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Laken

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Dutch

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Etymology

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The name is of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *laku (stream, lake, pool) (compare German Lache), referring to the Molenbeek stream.[1][2]

Proper noun

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Laken ?

  1. a Belgian municipality, near Brussels, site of the largest royal palace estate

References

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  1. ^ Martine Wille et Jean-marie Duvosquel (dir.), Autour du parvis Notre-Dame à Laeken, Crédit Communal, 1994, p. 5
  2. ^ Jean-Jacques Jespers, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, 2005, p. 387.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːkən/, [ˈlaːkən], [ˈlaːkŋ̩]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (sheet, cloth).

The High German cognate Middle High German lachen, from Old High German lahhan, had already been declining in use when the form Laken was introduced during the pre-eminence of the Dutch and Northern German cloth industry (14th/15th centuries). Cognate with Dutch laken.

Noun

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Laken n (strong, genitive Lakens, plural Laken)

  1. sheet; bed sheet (linen used to cover mattresses or furniture, or sometimes instead of a blanket)
  2. (rare) other kinds of linens or large cloths
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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Laken

  1. plural of Lake

Further reading

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  • Laken” in Duden online
  • Laken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache