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Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈlæhdeˣ/, [ˈlæhde̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -æhde
• Hyphenation(key): läh‧de

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *läktek (compare Estonian läte, Ingrian lähe, Veps lähte, Võro läteq), equivalent to lähteä (“to leave”) +‎ -e, as in "where the water leaves the ground".

Noun

lähde

1. spring, wellhead (place where water emerges from the ground)
2. (often in the plural) source, fountainhead (collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates)
3. source, origin (person, place or thing from which something comes or is acquired)
   Antonym: nielu
4. source (reporter's informant)
5. source (book, article, interviewee etc. referenced in a written work; an item in the bibliography of a written work)
6. (electronics) source (one of the terminals of a field effect transistor)

Etymology 2

Verb

lähde

1. inflection of lähteä:
2. present active indicative connegative
3. second-person singular present imperative
4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

lähde