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Leite

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See also:leiteandléite

English

Etymology

As aGerman surname, from the female personal nameAleite, shortened from the nameAdelheid.
As aNorwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, fromOld Norseleiti(“hill”), fromProto-Germanic*hliþą, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱley-(“to lean, slope”).
As aPortuguese surname, from the nounleite(“milk”).

Proper noun

Leite (pluralLeites)

Asurname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census,Leite is the 10316^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3123 individuals.Leite is most common among White (83.48%) individuals.

Anagrams

Eitel,Tiele,elite,élite

German

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanlīte, fromOld High Germanhlīta, fromProto-West Germanic*hlīdu, fromProto-Germanic*hlīdō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlaɪ̯tə]
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Noun

Leite f (genitiveLeite,pluralLeiten)

(Upper German)slope,incline
Synonyms:Abhang,Berghang
- 2009 April 8, Roswitha Diemer, “Eurasburg […] Ein neuer Dorfplatz mit Brunnen”, inMerkur.de‎^[1]:
  Eine weitere Neuerung ist die Installation eines Dorfbrunnens. Dafür will die Gemeinde eine Rohrleitung vom Weiher an derLeite hinunter zum Dorfplatz verlegen.
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Conjugation

Declension ofLeite [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Leite	die	Leiten
genitive	einer	der	Leite	der	Leiten
dative	einer	der	Leite	den	Leiten
accusative	eine	die	Leite	die	Leiten

Further reading

“Leite” inDuden online
“Leite” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Leite” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈlej.t͡ʃi/[ˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈlej.t͡ʃi/[ˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈlej.te/[ˈleɪ̯.te]

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tɨ/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tɨ/
- (Central Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tɨ/
- (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key): /ˈle.tɨ/

(Northeast Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈlej.ti/
Audio(Northern Portugal): (file)
Homophone:leite
Hyphenation:Lei‧te

Proper noun

Leite m or f by sense

a surname

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