lengte
Meaning
- (feminine) length
- (feminine) height (of a person)
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
leng‧te
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɛŋ.tə/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lengede, from Old Dutch *lengitha, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō. Corresponds to lang + -te with umlaut (compare lengen). Cognate with German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), English length, Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).
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