lesen
Galician
Verb
lesen
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
Verb
- (transitive or intransitive) to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
- to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- ablesen
- belesen
- durchlesen
- einlesen
- guten Lesestoff abgeben
- Lese-
- Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit
- Lese- und Schreibrecht
- lese-rechtschreibschwach
- Lese-Rechtschreibschwäche, Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche
- Lese-Rechtschreibstörung
- Lese-Schreibelektronik
- Lese-Schreibgeschwindigkeit
- Lese-Schreibschaltung
- Lese-Schreibspeicher
- Lese-Schreibverstärker
- Leseabend
- Leseaufführung
- Leseausweis
- Lesebändchen
- Lesebefehl
- Lesebereitschaft
- Lesebestätigung
- Lesebrille
- Lesebuch
- Lesebücher
- Lesedrama
- Leseecke
- Leseeinheit
- Leseerlebnis
- Leseexemplar
- Lesefähigkeit
- Lesefehler
- Lesefibel
- Lesefluss
- lesefreudig
- Lesefrucht
- Lesegenauigkeit
- Lesegerät
- Lesegeschwindigkeit
- Lesegesellschaft
- Lesegewohnheit
- Lesegruppe
- Lesegut
- Leseheft
- Lesehilfe
- Lesehore
- Lesehunger
- Lesekompetenz
- Lesekopf
- Lesekreis
- Lesekultur
- Leselampe
- Leseleistung
- Leseleuchte
- Leselicht
- Leseliste
- Lesemarathon
- Lesemarke
- Lesemöglichkeit
- Lesemuffel
- Lesen
- lesend
- lesenswert
- Leseordnung
- Lesepfeife
- Lesepistole
- Leseplatz
- Leseprobe
- Leseproblem
- Leseprogramm
- Lesepublikum
- Lesepuffer
- Lesepult
- Leser
- Leseranalyse
- Leseratte
- Leserausweis
- Leserbrief
- Leserbriefseite
- Leserbriefspalte
- Leserecht
- Lesereise
- Leserforschung
- Leserichtung
- Leserin
- Leserkolumne
- Leserkommentar
- Leserkreis
- leserlich
- Leserlichkeit
- Leserreise
- Leserreporter(in)
- Leserschaft
- Leserstamm
- Lesertipp
- Leserverarsche
- Leserzahl
- Lesesaal
- Lesesessel
- Lesesicherheit
- Lesespaß
- Lesestab
- Leseständer
- Lesestation
- Lesestift
- Lesestoff
- Lesestück
- Lesetipp
- Leseübung
- Lesevergnügen
- Leseverständnis
- Leseverstärker
- Leseverstehen
- Leseversuch
- Lesevorgang
- Lesevorrichtung
- Lesewiederholung
- lesewürdig
- Lesewürdigkeit
- Lesewut
- lesewütig
- Lesewütigkeit
- Lesezeichen
- Lesezeiger
- Lesezirkel
- Lesezugriff
- Lesezusatz
- Lesezyklen
- Lesezyklus
- Lesung
- Nur-Lese-Speicher
- offener Leserahmen
- Schreib-Lese-Speicher
- selektives Leseverstehen
- verlesen
- voraus lesend
- vorlesen
- Vorlesung
- Weinlese
German Low German
Alternative forms
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)
- (transitive or intransitive) to read
- Hest du de Daagbläder vunmorgen leest?
- Did you read the newspapers this morning?
- (rare, dated, transitive or intransitive) to gather up
Conjugation
infinitive | lesen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | lees | lees |
2nd person singular | leess(t) | leess(t) |
3rd person singular | lees(t) | lees |
plural | leest, leesen | lesen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | lees(e) | |
plural | leest | |
participle | present | past |
lesen | (e)leest, geleest | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
infinitive | lesen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | lees | lees |
2nd person singular | liss(t) | leess(t) |
3rd person singular | lis(t) | lees |
plural | leest, leesen | lesen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | lees | |
plural | leest | |
participle | present | past |
lesen | (e)lesen, gelesen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lesen
Malay
Etymology
Borrowing from English licence
Noun
lesen (plural lesen-lesen, informal 1st possessive lesenku, 2nd possessive lesenmu, 3rd possessive lesennya)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).
Verb
lēsen
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “lesen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lesen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Novial
Determiner
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Pronoun
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- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- German Low German lemmas
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- German Low German terms with usage examples
- German Low German terms with rare senses
- German Low German dated terms
- Low German weak verbs
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