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loden¹

  • /ˈləʊdən/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊdən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Loden.

noun lodens

  1. A thick waterproof cloth used for garments. 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.

adjective more loden · most loden

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

Loden²

Where it comes from

Swedish surname, but of unknown meaning.

proper noun Lodens

  1. A surname.

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"loden." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loden. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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loden. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/loden

Chicago

"loden." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loden.

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@misc{loden_2026,
  title = {loden},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loden},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}