Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lindelöf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: lin-de-lof
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Lindelof: A surname from Swedish.

adj

Such that any open cover has a countable subcover.

Etymology

From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “lime tree leaf”.

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: Lindelöf

Inflected Forms

Lindelöfs (plural)

Phrases

Picard-Lindelöf theorem Lindelöf space

Questions

What does lindelöf mean?: Alternative form of Lindelof: A surname from Swedish.
Where does lindelöf come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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