Laken

See also: laken

Dutch

Proper noun

Laken ?

1. A Belgian municipality, near Brussels, site of the largest royal palace estate.

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German

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːkən/, [ˈlaːkən], [ˈlaːkŋ̩]

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German lāken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon lakan. The High German cognate (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German lachen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German lahhan, had already been declining in use when the form Laken was introduced during the pre-eminence of the Dutch and Northern German cloth industry (14th/15th centuries). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch laken.

Noun

Laken n (genitive Lakens, plural Laken)

1. sheet; bed sheet (linen used to cover mattresses or furniture, or sometimes instead of a blanket)
2. (rare) other kinds of linens or large cloths

Synonyms

• (sheet): Bettlaken, Betttuch
• (linen): Tuch

See also

• Decke

Etymology 2

Noun

Laken

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of Lake

External links

• “Laken” in Duden online