Leni

See also: leni, lenì, and lēni

Atayal

Proper noun

Leni

1. a male given name

German

Proper noun

Leni f (proper noun, genitive Lenis or Leni, plural Lenis)

1. a diminutive of the female given names Helene or Magdalene
   • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:

     Der Advokat trank, K. drückte Lenis Hand und Leni wagte es manchmal K.s Haare sanft zu streicheln.

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Declension

Declension of Leni [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Leni	die	Lenis
genitive	einer	der	Lenis, Leni	der	Lenis
dative	einer	der	Leni	den	Lenis
accusative	eine	die	Leni	die	Lenis