See also: Losen and lösen

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈloːzən/
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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German lōzen, either derived from the noun lōz (whence German Los), or inherited from unattested Old High German *lōzōn, *hlōzōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hlutōn, from Proto-Germanic *hlutōną.

Verb

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losen (weak, third-person singular present lost, past tense loste, past participle gelost, auxiliary haben)

  1. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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losen

  1. inflection of lose:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • losen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • losen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • losen” in Duden online
  • losen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From los (adj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈloːsən/, /ˈlɔu̯sən/, /ˈlau̯sən/

Verb

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losen

  1. to loose
  2. to destroy, ruin.

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Descendants

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  • English: loose, loosen
  • Yola: lhowse, lowse, lous, lhause

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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losen m

  1. definite singular of los

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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losen m

  1. definite singular of los

Old High German

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losen

  1. to make free
  2. to free
  3. to deliver

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Descendants

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References

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  1. Wright, Joseph. (1906) 2nd ed. An Old High German Primer