Leid

See also: leid and leið

German

Alternative forms

• Laid (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German leit, from Old High German leid, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą, related to *laiþaz (“loath”).

Cognate with Dutch leed, English loath. Originally unrelated with the verb leiden (“to suffer”), though the two stems early on began to influence each other. See leid for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯t/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: leid, leit

Noun

Leid n (strong, genitive Leides or Leids, no plural)

1. woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction

   Synonym: Kummer

2. wrong, harm, injury

Declension

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Leid
genitive	eines	des	Leides, Leids
dative	einem	dem	Leid, Leide1
accusative	ein	das	Leid

Declension of Leid [sg-only, neuter, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Antonyms

• Freude

Related terms

• leid
• leiden (related by secondary association only)
• Leiden (related by secondary association only)
• leider
• leidig
• leidvoll
• leidtragend
• Leidwesen

See also

• leid tun, leidtun, Leid tun

Further reading

• “Leid” in Duden online
• “Leid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German *lēt, from Old Saxon lioth, from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ. Cognate to Lied n (“song”).

Noun

Leid n (plural Leier)

1. (Paderbornisch) song