Leihe

See also: leihe

English

Alternative forms

• Lei-ho (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 雷河 (Léihé).

Proper noun

Leihe

1. A town in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • 2011, Jing Zhang, Ke Wang, Xinming Chen, Wenjuan Zhu, “Combining a Fuzzy Matter-Element Model with a Geographic Information System in Eco-Environmental Sensitivity and Distribution of Land Use Planning”, in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health‎^[1], volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1216:

     The moderately sensitive area was the buffer region one kilometer away from the water source, involving in part the the^[sic] Leihe development region and the town of Kongwan.

   • 2013, Wenling Jiang, Yu He, “Space Distribution Pattern Research and Optimization Analysis of Rural Settlements in Yicheng City”, in Sustainable Cities Development and Environment Protection‎^[2], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:

     There are 10 town^{[sic – meaning towns]} in Yicheng City, that are Xiaohe, Zhenji, Kongwan, Liuhou, Wangji, Banqiao, Liushui, Yancheng, Nanying and Leihe.

   • 2022 January 26, “Starting from happiness - Xiangyang City held a special program activity for the benefit of grass-roots culture in the New Year”, in LaiTimes‎^[3], archived from the original on 13 October 2022‎^[4]:

     In Liaohe Village, Leihe Town, Yicheng City, the clean and tidy hardened road, the interesting cultural wall, and the green farm yard seem to be in a beautiful picture. Material life has become better, cultural life is also colorful, and local villagers are immersed in the festive celebration of the festival, displaying various folk culture programs.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Leihe.

Translations

a town in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷河 (Léihé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

German

Etymology

Back-formation from leihen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯ə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: leihe, Laie

Noun

Leihe f (genitive Leihe, plural Leihen)

1. borrowing and lending; an instance of this

   Synonym: Leihen n

2. (sports) loan (arrangement where a player joins another club through temporary suspension of their existing contract rather than its termination)
3. (colloquial) pawn shop

   Synonyms: Pfandhaus, Pfandleihhaus, Leihhaus

Declension

Declension of Leihe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Leihe	die	Leihen
genitive	einer	der	Leihe	der	Leihen
dative	einer	der	Leihe	den	Leihen
accusative	eine	die	Leihe	die	Leihen

Related terms

• Anleihe
• Ausleihe
• Ausleihung
• Beleihung
• Verleihung
• Verleih
• leihweise
• verliehen

Further reading

• “Leihe” in Duden online