Leiendecker
German
Alternative forms
- Leindecker, Leyendecker (surname)
Etymology
By surface analysis, Lei (“slate”) + -en- + Decker (“coverer”). Compare Dutch leidekker.
Pronunciation
Noun
Leiendecker m (strong, genitive Leiendeckers, plural Leiendecker, feminine Leiendeckerin) (regional, especially Rhineland, now chiefly historical or dialectal)
- synonym of Schieferdecker (“slater, a roofer who uses slate”)
- 2008, Rita Heuser, Namen der Mainzer Straßen und Örtlichkeiten, Steiner, page 225:
- Von einer Erneuerung des Galgens im Jahr 1784 ist ein Bericht überliefert: die Zimmerleute zogen mit dem neuen Galgen zum Gautor hinaus, gefolgt von den Steinmetzen, Maurern und Leiendeckern, flankiert von der Bürgerkompanie, [...].
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Leiendecker [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms
Proper noun
Leiendecker m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Leiendeckers or (with an article) Leiendecker, plural Leiendeckers or Leiendecker)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Leiendecker [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Leiendecker | (eine) | (die) | Leiendecker | (die) | Leiendeckers, Leiendecker |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Leiendeckers, Leiendecker1 | (einer) | (der) | Leiendecker | (der) | Leiendeckers, Leiendecker |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Leiendecker | (einer) | (der) | Leiendecker | (den) | Leiendeckers, Leiendecker |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Leiendecker | (eine) | (die) | Leiendecker | (die) | Leiendeckers, Leiendecker |
1With an article.