See also: Lesen and lësen

Galician edit

Verb edit

lesen

  1. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of ler

German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːzn̩/
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Verb edit

lesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liest, past tense las, past participle gelesen, past subjunctive läse, auxiliary haben)

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

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Further reading edit

  • lesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • lesen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • lesen” in Duden online
  • lesen” in Duden online

German Low German edit

Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon leazn, lezen; Plautdietsch läsen; German lesen; Dutch lezen.

Verb edit

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 edit

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

les +‎ -en

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

lesen

  1. superessive singular of les

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English licence.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. A licence.

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Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

lēsen

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Participle edit

lesen (neuter lese, definite singular and plural lesne)

  1. past participle of lesa

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