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[slau]

As a fellow Dutch-speaker, I know in Dutch both are “lenen”, but in English borrow and lend are separate.

You will lend them a bike, and they will borrow it from you.

(I still don’t know how English ended up with separate verbs for both actions whereas Germanic languages only have one.)

[dasil003 → slau]

Interestingly, this usage in English is not unheard of, and it tracks. Whereas the opposite “thank you for letting me lend your bike” doesn’t work and in fact implies a different meaning involving an unstated third party.

[jacquesm → slau]

Thanks for the correction, you are right.