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linden¹
- /ˈlɪn.dən/
Where it comes from
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.
adjective
- Made of lime-wood.
Linden²
Where it comes from
* 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.
proper noun
- 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.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree, den, hannover, lyndon, limy, limburgitic, lime-green, calcigerous, leaden, lithified, leadish, limonitic, lutecian
Translations
Talk about this word "linden." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/linden. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. linden. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/linden "linden." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/linden.Cite this
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title = {linden},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linden},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
