lesen

See also: Lesen and lësen

Galician

Verb

lesen

  1. third-person plural preterite subjunctive of ler

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (to gather), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (to gather).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːzn̩/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Verb

lesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple 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)

Conjugation

Derived terms


German Low German

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon leazn, lezen; Plautdietsch läsen; German lesen; Dutch lezen.

Verb

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


Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from English licence

Noun

lesen (plural lesen-lesen)

  1. licence

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

lēsen

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • lesen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • lesen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Novial

Determiner

lesen

  1. their

Pronoun

lesen

  1. theirs
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