lesen

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See also: Lesen and lësen

Galician

Verb

lesen

  1. third-person plural preterite subjunctive of ler

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (to gather), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (to gather). Cognate with English lease (to gather) [with an obsolete meaning], cognate with Dutch lezen (to read)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːzn̩/
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  • audio (Austria):(file)

Verb

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  1. (transitive or intransitive) to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
  2. to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)

Conjugation

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Derived terms


German Low German

Alternative forms

  • (western Low Prussian) lësen
  • (eastern Low Prussian) lëse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon leazn, lezen; Plautdietsch läsen; German lesen; Dutch lezen.

Verb

lesen (past singular lees, past participle leest or lesen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to read
    Hest du de Daagbläder vunmorgen leest?
    Did you read the newspapers this morning?
  2. (rare, dated, transitive or intransitive) to gather up

Conjugation


Hungarian

Etymology

les +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃɛn]
  • Hyphenation: le‧sen

Noun

lesen

  1. superessive singular of les

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from English licence

Noun

lesen (plural lesen-lesen, informal 1st possessive lesenku, 2nd possessive lesenmu, 3rd possessive lesennya)

  1. licence

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *les- (to gather).

Verb

lēsen

  1. to gather, to collect
  2. to read
  3. to read out loud (to an audience)

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading


Novial

Determiner

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  1. their

Pronoun

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  1. theirs