losen

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See also: Losen and lösen

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːzən/
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Adjective[edit]

losen

  1. inflection of lose:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Verb[edit]

losen (weak, third-person singular present lost, past tense loste, past participle gelost, auxiliary haben)

  1. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up

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Further reading[edit]

  • losen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • losen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • losen” in Duden online
  • losen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From los (adj).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːsən/, /ˈlɔu̯sən/, /ˈlau̯sən/

Verb[edit]

losen

  1. to loose
  2. to destroy, ruin.

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: loose, loosen
  • Yola: lhowse, lhause, lowse, lous

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

losen m

  1. definite singular of los

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

losen m

  1. definite singular of los

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

losen

  1. to make free
  2. to free
  3. to deliver

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Wright, Joseph. (1906) 2nd ed. An Old High German Primer