leje – Danish noun declension

Noun: leje
Gender: Neuter, Common Hyphenation:

Nominative

Sg. indefinite	leje
Sg. definite	lejet; lejen
Pl. indefinite	lejer
Pl. definite	lejerne

Genitive

Sg. indefinite	lejes
Sg. definite	lejets; lejens
Pl. indefinite	lejers
Pl. definite	lejernes

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like leje

sigte, prisme, gode, leje, skue,

Etymology

From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (“lying in bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (“anchorage”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'lega', Old Norse Nouns 'lægi'.

Verbs referencing "leje"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns leie.

Translations

rent, to occupy premises in exchange for rent