leiden.
to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc.
Meaning & usage
to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc.
Lerne leiden ohne zu klagen.
to suffer, bear, endure, undergo, experience (some hardship)
Er litt höllische Qualen.
to suffer
Die Gefangenen leiden an Unterernährung.
to like, tolerate, stand
jemanden gut leiden können
Ich kann ihn einfach nicht leiden!
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German līden, from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. Cognate with Dutch lijden, Low German lieden, English lithe. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”. This happened under the influence of Middle High German leiden (“to be sorry, suffer, be hated”), from Old High German leidēn, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþijan, and also the originally unrelated noun Leid (“sorrow”), which is cognate with English loath.
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