linden
/ˈlɪn.dən/
linden adjective: made of lime-wood.
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Adjective
linden (not comparable)
- Made of lime-wood.
Noun
linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)
- Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
- The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 158
- The soft wood of such trees.
Proper noun capitalized: Linden
Linden
- An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
- A Scottish surname, a variant of Linton.
- A surname from Dutch, a variant of Lynden.
- A surname from German, a variant of Lindner.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.
- A town in Hesse, Germany.
- A town in Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- A town in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- A village in the Netherlands.
- A town in Switzerland.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.
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- A town in Guyana, the second-largest settlement in the country; named for Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 2nd President of Guyana.
- A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A ghost town in Western Australia; named for nearby Mount Linden, itself named for a prospector in the area.
- A village in Alberta.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- A city, the county seat of Marengo County, Alabama; named for the Battle of Hohenlinden, in honor the Bonapartist refugees who were Marengo County's first European settlers.
- An unincorporated community in Arizona.
- A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Idaho; named for the community in Christian County, Missouri.
- A town in Indiana.
- A city in Iowa.
- A city in Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri; named for the linden trees in the area.
- An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri; named for the town in Tennessee.
- A city in Union County, New Jersey; named for linden trees brought to the area from Germany.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
- A town, the county seat of Perry County, Tennessee; named for "Hohenlinden", a poem by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell.
- A city, the county seat of Cass County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Wise County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia; named for Confederate officer Charles Linden Broadus.
- A town and village in Wisconsin.
linden meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
linden in Hindi
- लिंडेन
linden in Tamil
- லிண்டென்
linden in Marathi
- लिंडेन
linden in Urdu
- لنڈین
More languagesFewer languages
- linden in Bengali
- লিন্ডেন
- linden in Telugu
- లిండెన్, లిండేన్
- linden in Malayalam
- ലിൻഡെൻ
- linden in Kannada
- ಲಿಂಡೆನ್
- linden in Punjabi
- ਲਿੰਡੇਨ
- linden in Gujarati
- લિન્ડેન, લિંડેન
- linden in Odia
- ଲିଣ୍ଡେନ୍, ଲିଣ୍ଡେନ, ଲିନ୍ଦେନ୍
- linden in Nepali
- लिन्डेन
- linden in Arabic
- زَيْزَفُون zayzafūn
- linden in Persian
- نرمدار narmdār, کدر kodor, کیو kiv, پالاد pālād
- linden in Vietnamese
- đoạn
Synonyms of linden
Forms of linden
| plural | lindens |
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Origin of linden
From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.
* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen. * As an English surname, variant of Lindon. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.
Words formed from linden
- linden-tree
- Lake Linden
Questions about linden
- What does linden mean?
- Linden means made of lime-wood.
- What is linden in Hindi?
- Linden in Hindi is लिंडेन. See Linden meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is linden?
- Linden can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce linden?
- Linden is pronounced /ˈlɪn.dən/.
Words near linden in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: linden (page history and authors); Linden (page history and authors); linden (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linden (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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