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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
- IPA(key): /liːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Verb
lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past lore, past participle lorn)
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
lese
Estonian
Noun
lese
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
lese
- (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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lese”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
Verb
lese
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Galician
Verb
lese
German
Pronunciation
Verb
lese
- inflection of lesen:
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lese
Declension
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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
- 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
Conjugation of lese
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