lese

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”).

• IPA^(key): /liːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

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.

• EELS, ELEs, Else, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, lees, seel, sele

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

lese

1. vocative/locative singular of les

lese

1. genitive singular of lesk

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

lestä +‎ -e

lese

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

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

• “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 2023-07-01

lese

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

lese

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːzə/

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lese

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

les +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

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

lese

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːsə/

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.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.ze/[1]
• Rhymes: -eze
• Hyphenation: lé‧se

lese f pl

1. feminine plural of leso

lese f pl

1. feminine plural of leso

• Sele, else

From Old Norse lesa.

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

1. to read

   Hva leser du?

   What are you reading?

• “lese” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• esel, esle, lees, -else, sele

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

• IPA^(key): /²leː.sə/

lese (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to read

   Har du lese boka?

   Have you read the book?

2. (transitive or intransitive) to read aloud
3. (transitive or intransitive) to study
   • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 40:

     So vart han utspurd um, kva han hadde leset.

     Then he was examined, about what he had studied.

4. (transitive or intransitive) to tutor, teach

• lesa (a- and split infinitives)

• lester

lese

1. neuter singular of lesen

lese f (definite singular lesa, indefinite plural leser, definite plural lesene)

1. an inscription

• “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lesa”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “lese”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

• Else, -else, esel, esle, sele

Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

lese

1. to read
2. to pick up

From Latin legō.

lese

1. to read

lese

1. inflection of lesar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative