# die Lei

die Lei is a German noun meaning “a rock, mostly in the Rhenish Massif, typically of slate”. Forms: der Lei, die Leien.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Lei
- Plural: die Leien

## Meanings

1. _in placenames_ a rock, mostly in the Rhenish Massif, typically of slate
2. _archaic_ synonym of Schiefer (“slate”)

## Examples

- Lerne vom Genossen Lei Feng. — Learn from Comrade Lei Feng.
- Lerne vom Kameraden Lei Feng. — Learn from Comrade Lei Feng.
- Vor drei Jahren zahlte ich achtzig Lei; Jetzt zahle ich zweihundert. — Three years ago, I was paying eighty lei; now I pay two hundred.

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