leiden
Sentences
Die Betroffenen leiden oft jahrzehntelang an 🔛 den traumatischen Erlebnissen .
Those affected often suffer from the traumatic experiences for decades.
Meaning
- (class-1, intransitive, strong) to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc.
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to suffer, bear, endure, undergo, experience (some hardship)
- (class-1, intransitive, strong) to suffer
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to like, tolerate
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
lyyde
Graubünden
liida
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlaɪ̯dən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. Cognate with Dutch lijden, Low German lieden, English lithe. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”. This happened under the influence of Middle High German leiden (“to be sorry, suffer, be hated”), from Old High German leidēn, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþijan, and also the originally unrelated noun Leid (“sorrow”), which is cognate with English loath.
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