luden

See also: Luden, lüden, and lûden

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

luden

1. first/third-person plural preterite of laden

Middle English

Etymology

From lude +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

luden

1. plural of lude (“sound”)

Spanish

Verb

luden

1. third-person plural present indicative of ludir

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse loðinn, from Proto-Germanic *ludanaz, past participle of *leudaną (“to sprout, to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʉːdɛn/

Adjective

luden (comparative ludnare, superlative ludnast)

1. fuzzy, hairy

Declension

Inflection of luden

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	luden	ludnare	ludnast
neuter singular	ludet	ludnare	ludnast
plural	ludna	ludnare	ludnast
masculine plural2	ludne	ludnare	ludnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ludne	ludnare	ludnaste
all	ludna	ludnare	ludnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• ludnad

See also

• hårig (“hairy”)
• lurvig (“furry, shaggy”)

References

• luden in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• luden in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• luden in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)