Lehnseid
German, noun[ˈleːnsˌʔaɪ̯t]
Lehnseid is spelled L-E-H-N-S-E-I-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lehnseid is a German masculine noun meaning “oath of fealty (made by a vassal to his lord)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eid, mit dem der Belehnte dem Lehensherrn seine Treue schwört”.
What does Lehnseid mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoath of fealty (made by a vassal to his lord)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eid, mit dem der Belehnte dem Lehensherrn seine Treue schwört
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lehnseid
- Lehnseides genitive
- Lehnseids genitive
- Lehnseide plural
- Lehnseiden dative definite plural
- Lehenseid alternative
- Leheneid variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lehnseid?
- [ˈleːnsˌʔaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lehnseid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lehnseid in German?
Lehnseid appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).