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lese

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English

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

Verb

lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past lore, past participle lorn)

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

Anagrams

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

lese

  1. vocative/locative singular of les

Estonian

Noun

lese

  1. genitive singular of lesk

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleseˣ/, [ˈle̞s̠e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Syllabification(key): le‧se
  • Hyphenation(key): le‧se

Etymology 1

lestä + -e

Noun

lese

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

When it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.

Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

lese

  1. inflection of lestä:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative
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Galician

Verb

lese

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

lese

  1. inflection of lesen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Hungarian

Etymology

les + -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃɛ]
  • Hyphenation: le‧se

Noun

lese

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of les

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Hunsrik

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

Verb

lese

  1. 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

Further reading

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