Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loden

/ˈləʊdən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: lo-den
IPA: /ˈləʊdən/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.

noun

A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

adj

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

name

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loden.

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈləʊdən/

Inflected Forms

lodens (plural) more loden (comparative) most loden (superlative)

Rhymes With

snowden odin bowden boden snowdon oden roden lowden rhoden soden rowden sowden

Questions

How do you pronounce loden?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈləʊdən/.
What does loden mean?: A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
Where does loden come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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