Leidener

English

Etymology

From Leiden +‎ -er. Compare German Leidener.

Noun

Leidener (plural Leideners)

1. A native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands.

   Synonym: (rare) Leidenite

   • 1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, →ISBN, page 52:

     The choice to retain a tax rather than to forgo a university (whose benefits Leideners continue to enjoy) demonstrated that the burghers of the Netherlands did not object to taxes as such.

German

Etymology

Leiden +‎ -er

Adjective

Leidener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Leyden

Derived terms

• Leidener Aratea
• Leidener Flasche
• Leidener Klammersystem

Noun

Leidener m (strong, genitive Leideners, plural Leidener, feminine Leidenerin)

1. inhabitant of or one hailing from Leyden

Declension

Declension of Leidener [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Leidener	die	Leidener
genitive	eines	des	Leideners	der	Leidener
dative	einem	dem	Leidener	den	Leidenern
accusative	einen	den	Leidener	die	Leidener