# das Lehen

das Lehen is a German noun meaning “feud or fief”. Forms: des Lehens, die Lehen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Lehens
- Plural: die Lehen

## In other languages

- Русский: лен

## Meanings

1. feud or fief (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord)
2. _archaic_ loan
3. _historical_ fee; fief; fiefdom; feud
   - Der Kaiser vergab an seinen treuen Gefolgsmann ein Lehen.

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