lese
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English lesen, leosen, from Old English *lēosan (found in belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut; sever; loose; lose”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /liːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Verb
editlese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past lore, past participle lorn)
Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlese
Estonian
editNoun
editlese
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editlese
- (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)
Usage notes
editWhen it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.
Declension
editInflection of lese (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lese | leseet | |
genitive | leseen | leseiden leseitten | |
partitive | lesettä | leseitä | |
illative | leseeseen | leseisiin leseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lese | leseet | |
accusative | nom. | lese | leseet |
gen. | leseen | ||
genitive | leseen | leseiden leseitten | |
partitive | lesettä | leseitä | |
inessive | leseessä | leseissä | |
elative | leseestä | leseistä | |
illative | leseeseen | leseisiin leseihin | |
adessive | leseellä | leseillä | |
ablative | leseeltä | leseiltä | |
allative | leseelle | leseille | |
essive | leseenä | leseinä | |
translative | leseeksi | leseiksi | |
abessive | leseettä | leseittä | |
instructive | — | lesein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lese”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
editVerb
editlese
Galician
editVerb
editlese
German
editPronunciation
editVerb
editlese
- inflection of lesen:
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlese
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lese | — |
accusative | lesét | — |
dative | lesének | — |
instrumental | lesével | — |
causal-final | leséért | — |
translative | lesévé | — |
terminative | leséig | — |
essive-formal | leseként | — |
essive-modal | leséül | — |
inessive | lesében | — |
superessive | lesén | — |
adessive | lesénél | — |
illative | lesébe | — |
sublative | lesére | — |
allative | leséhez | — |
elative | leséből | — |
delative | leséről | — |
ablative | lesétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
leséé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lesééi | — |
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editlese
- to read
- Ich lese gern.
- I like to read.
- Sie lesd en Buch.
- She reads a book.
- Das is net so geles.
- This is not read like that.
Inflection
editinfinitive | lese |
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past participle | geles |
auxiliary | hon |
present tense | |
1st person singular | lese |
2nd person singular | lest |
3rd person singular | lesd |
1st person plural | lese |
2nd person plural | lesd |
3rd person plural | lese |
imperative | |
2nd person singular | les |
2nd person plural | lesd |
Further reading
editItalian
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editlese f pl
Adjective
editlese f pl
References
edit- ^ leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editVerb
editlese (imperative les, present tense leser, simple past leste, past participle lest)
- to read
- Hva leser du?
- What are you reading?
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “lese” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editlese (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)
- (transitive or intransitive) to read
- Har du lese boka?
- Have you read the book?
- (transitive or intransitive) to read aloud
- (transitive or intransitive) to study
- 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 40:
- So vart han utspurd um, kva han hadde leset.
- Then he was examined, about what he had studied.
- (transitive or intransitive) to tutor, teach
Alternative forms
edit- lesa (a- and split infinitives)
Derived terms
edit- avlese
- finlese
- forelese
- forlese
- førelese
- lesar
- lese mellom linjene
- lese opp for
- lese på munnen
- lese seg til
- lese teksta
- lese ut
- lesebok
- lesebrille
- lesedrama
- lesedugleik
- lesefør
- lesehest
- lesehug
- leselampe
- leseleg
- leselyst
- lesepenn
- leseplikt
- leseprøve
- lesepult
- lesering
- lesesal
- lesesirkel
- lesestoff
- lesestykke
- lesesvak
- lesevanske
- leseveik
- leseverk
- lesing
- lesnad
- nilese
- skumlese
- smuglese
- sprenglese
- tinglese
- tjuvlese
- uleseleg
- ulesen
Related terms
editParticiple
editlese
Noun
editlese f (definite singular lesa, indefinite plural leser, definite plural lesene)
- an inscription
References
edit- “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “lesa”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “lese”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Anagrams
editOld English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editlese
- inflection of lesan:
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editCompare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.
Verb
editlese
- to read
- to pick up
Conjugation
editinfinitive | lese | |
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past participle | hot gelese | |
future tense | waerd lese | |
subjunctive | daet lese | |
present tense | ||
1st person singular | les | |
2nd person singular | lescht | |
3rd person singular | lest | |
1st person plural | lese | |
2nd person plural | lest | |
3rd person plural | lese | |
imperative | les |
Piedmontese
editEtymology
editVerb
editlese
- to read
Portuguese
editVerb
editlese
- inflection of lesar:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːz
- Rhymes:English/iːz/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/ɛsɛ
- Rhymes:Czech/ɛsɛ/2 syllables
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ese
- Rhymes:Finnish/ese/2 syllables
- Finnish terms suffixed with -e
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish hame-type nominals
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish verb forms
- Galician non-lemma forms
- Galician verb forms
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German non-lemma forms
- German verb forms
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian noun forms
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik 2-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik verbs
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/eze
- Rhymes:Italian/eze/2 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian past participle forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *les-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk class 5 strong verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk transitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk intransitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk participle forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English non-lemma forms
- Old English verb forms
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German verbs
- Piedmontese terms inherited from Latin
- Piedmontese terms derived from Latin
- Piedmontese lemmas
- Piedmontese verbs
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms