linden

Meanings

1. Made of lime-wood.

1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
2. The soft wood of such trees.

1. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
2. A Scottish surname, a variant of Linton.
3. A surname from Dutch, a variant of Lynden.
4. A surname from German, a variant of Lindner.
5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.
6. A town in Hesse, Germany.
7. A town in Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
8. A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
9. A town in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
10. A village in the Netherlands.
11. A town in Switzerland.
12. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.

Etymology

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.