lesan

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Cimbrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan. Cognate with German lesen, English lease (to gather).

Verb[edit]

lesan (strong class 5, auxiliary håm)

  1. (Luserna) to read

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense to read, found throughout North and West Germanic except English, is a semantic loan from Latin legō.

Verb[edit]

lesan

  1. to gather, to collect
  2. to read

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • lesan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈle.sɑn/, [ˈle.zɑn].

Verb[edit]

lesan

  1. to gather, collect

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (to collect). The sense to read, found throughout North and West Germanic except English, is a semantic loan from Latin legō.

Verb[edit]

lesan

  1. to read, to read aloud
  2. to examine
  3. to collect

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense ‘to read’, found throughout North and West Germanic except English, is a semantic loan from Latin legō.

Verb[edit]

lesan

  1. to gather, collect
  2. to read

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]