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 Middle High German lachen, from 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 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

Further reading

• “Laken” in Duden online