loan – English noun declension

English noun forms of loan

Noun: loan
Singularloan
Pluralloans

Sample Sentences

  • Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.
  • All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
  • He got a loan of five thousand pounds.
  • That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. [1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:]
  • He made a payment on his loan.
  • Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
  • And while Thompson has yet to make a first-team appearance for Derby, he got experience playing for Braintree Town on loan in the National League earlier this season.
  • Eustace also said that there would be no option to bring in an emergency loan cover for as long as O'Donnell remains fit. [2026 March 13, “Eustace 'confident' in O'Donnell after Vickers blow”, in BBC, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2026:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”).
2. Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend. See: Middle English Nouns 'lone', Old Norse Nouns 'lán', Icelandic Nouns 'lán', Swedish Nouns 'lån', Danish Nouns 'lån', German Nouns 'Lehen', Dutch Nouns 'leen'.

Verbs referencing "loan"

Finnish Nouns laina, Danish Nouns lån.