loden

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loden.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊdən/
• Rhymes: -əʊdən

Noun

loden (plural lodens)

1. A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
   • 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 314:

     The first thing that caught my eye on this excursion was the number of grey, brown and green loden coats and hats, and how well and sensibly everyone was dressed in general, how remarkably solid were the shoes of the pedestrians of Nuremberg.

2. A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

   loden colour:  

Adjective

loden (comparative more loden, superlative most loden)

1. Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

Anagrams

• Eldon, olden

Etymology

lood +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːdən

Adjective

loden (not comparable)

1. leaden, made of lead

Anagrams

• dolen

Alternative forms

• lòden

Etymology

From Old Norse loðinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²loːɛn/, /²loːdn̩/

Adjective

loden (masculine and feminine loden, neuter lode or lodent, definite singular and plural lodne, comparative lodnare, indefinite superlative lodnast, definite superlative lodnaste)

1. hairy, shaggy, woolly

References

• “loden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

loden m (plural lódenes)

1. loden