läse

See also: lase, lase', láse, Lâse, låse, lāse, łase, laese, and læse

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• lääse

Etymology

From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”). Cognate with German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease (“to gather”), Icelandic lesa.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈlæzə/, /ˈlæːzə/

Verb

läse (third-person singular simple present list, past participle gläse, auxiliary haa)

1. to read

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

läse

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of lesen