lese

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /liːz/

Verb

lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past and past participle lesed)

1. (obsolete) To lose.
2. (obsolete) To destroy.
3. (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.

Anagrams

• EELS, Slee, eels, else, lees, seel, sele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛsɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛsɛ
• Hyphenation: le‧se

Noun

lese

1. vocative singular of les
2. locative singular of les

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ese

Noun

lese

1. (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)

Verb

lese

1. Indicative present connegative form of lestä.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of lestä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of lestä.

Verb

lese

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ler
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːzə/

Verb

lese

1. first-person singular present indicative of lesen
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of lesen
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of lesen

Verb

lese f pl

1. feminine plural of leso

Adjective

lese f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective leso.

Anagrams

• else

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa

Verb

lese (imperative les, present tense leser, simple past leste, past participle lest)

1. to read

References

• “lese” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

lese (present tense les, past tense las, past participle lese, passive infinitive lesast, present participle lesande, imperative les)

1. alternative form of lesa
2. past participle of lesa and lese

References

• “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

Verb

lese

1. to read
2. to pick up

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb

lese

1. to read

Verb

lese

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lesar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of lesar
3. first-person singular imperative of lesar
4. third-person singular imperative of lesar