livegen

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liveːɡən/, [ˈliwˌeːˀjən]

Adjective

livegen

  1. adscript (bound to a tract of land)

Inflection
Inflection of livegen
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular livegen — —2
Neuter singular livegent — —2
Plural livegne — —2
Definite attributive1 livegne — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Swedish

Etymology

liv +‎ egen, from German leibeigen, used in Swedish since 1631.

Adjective

livegen (not comparable)

  1. in villeinage, in serfdom, adscript

Declension
Inflection of livegen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular livegen — —
Neuter singular liveget — —
Plural livegna — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 livegne — —
All livegna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

livegen c

  1. a serf, a villein, an adscript, a feudal tenant

References
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