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Lenné

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See also: Lenne and lenne

English

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Etymology

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From German Lenné.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lenné

  1. A surname from German

Derived terms

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Translations

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The original form seems to have been Le Neu. The progenitor of the electoral court-gardeners, Augustin Lenné (fl. 17th C.), emigrated to Bonn ante 1669 from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, so presumably the surname has a Dutch or Middle French origin.”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɛˈne/
  • Hyphenation: Len‧né

Proper noun

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Lenné m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lennés or (with an article) Lenné, feminine genitive Lenné, plural Lennés)

  1. a surname
    1. A family of electoral court-gardeners (kurfürstliche Hofgärtner) to the Archbishop-Electors of Cologne.
    2. Peter Joseph Lenné d. J. (1789–1866), Prussian gardener and landscape architect
    3. Clemens Joseph Lenné (1793–1882), Landrat of Landkreis Mayen for the year 1852

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Lenné
  • Russian: Ленне́ (Lenné) (transliteration)

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Variant of Linné?”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lenné c (genitive Lennés)

  1. a surname