lösen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German lōsen, from Proto-West Germanic *lausijan.
Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan); also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Icelandic leysa (“to loosen, to resolve, to untie”), Norwegian løse and Swedish lösa (all from the Old Norse leysa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lösen (weak, third-person singular present löst, past tense löste, past participle gelöst, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to loose; to loosen; to detach; to remove
- (etwas) von (etwas anderes) lösen ― "to remove (something) from (something else)"
- (transitive) to separate
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 35/2010, page 96:
- Viele Gewässer sind mit Quecksilber belastet, das die Goldsucher einsetzen, um das Metall vom Gestein zu lösen.
- Many waters are polluted with mercury, which is used by gold diggers to separate the metal from the rock.
- (transitive) to cast off; to remove
- (transitive, of a problem, puzzle, question, conflict, figuratively) to solve; to resolve; to answer
- (reflexive) to come loose
- (reflexive) to dissolve
- (of a ticket) to buy
- eine Fahrkarte lösen ― to buy a ticket
- (transitive) to release; to undo; to untie; to ease
- (transitive, of a relationship, figuratively) to dissolve; to disband; to break up; to end
Conjugation edit
infinitive | lösen | ||||
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present participle | lösend | ||||
past participle | gelöst | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich löse | wir lösen | i | ich löse | wir lösen |
du löst | ihr löst | du lösest | ihr löset | ||
er löst | sie lösen | er löse | sie lösen | ||
preterite | ich löste | wir lösten | ii | ich löste1 | wir lösten1 |
du löstest | ihr löstet | du löstest1 | ihr löstet1 | ||
er löste | sie lösten | er löste1 | sie lösten1 | ||
imperative | lös (du) löse (du) |
löst (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish lø̄sn, from Old Norse lausn from Proto-Germanic *lausīniz. Cognate of Danish løsen and Icelandic lausn.
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Noun edit
lösen c
- ransom
- Synonym: lösensumma
- password
- Synonym: lösenord
Declension edit
Declension of lösen | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | lösen | lösen | — | — |
Genitive | lösens | lösens | — | — |
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