lihen
See also: líheň
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German līhan, from Proto-West Germanic *līhwan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈliːhən/
Verb
līhen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present līhet, past tense lēch, past participle gelihen, past subjunctive lihe, auxiliary hān)
- [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] to loan, to lend, to award, to gift
- Ich līhe im mīn hūs. ― I lend him my house.
Conjugation
Conjugation of līhen (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)
| infinitive | līhen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive gerund | līhennes līhenes | ||||
| dative gerund | līhenne līhene | ||||
| present participle | līhende | ||||
| past participle | gelihen | ||||
| auxiliary | hān | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich līhe | wir līhen | i | ich līhe | wir līhen |
| du līhest | ir līhet | du līhest | ir līhet | ||
| ër līhet | sie līhent | ër līhe | sie līhen | ||
| preterite | ich lēch | wir lihen | ii | ich lihe | wir lihen |
| du lihe | ir lihet | du lihest | ir lihet | ||
| ër lēch | sie lihen | ër lihe | sie lihen | ||
| imperative | līh (du) | līhet (ir) | |||
Composed forms of līhen (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)
Descendants
- German: leihen
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “lihen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel