lese

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See also: leśe, lèse, lèsè, lésé, lëse, lěśe, and -lese

English

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lese

  1. vocative/locative singular of les

Estonian

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Noun

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lese

  1. genitive singular of lesk

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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lestä +‎ -e

Noun

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lese

  1. (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)
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When it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.

Declension
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Inflection of lese (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative lese leseet
genitive leseen leseiden
leseitten
partitive lesettä leseitä
illative leseeseen leseisiin
leseihin
singular plural
nominative lese leseet
accusative nom. lese leseet
gen. leseen
genitive leseen leseiden
leseitten
partitive lesettä leseitä
inessive leseessä leseissä
elative leseestä leseistä
illative leseeseen leseisiin
leseihin
adessive leseellä leseillä
ablative leseeltä leseiltä
allative leseelle leseille
essive leseenä leseinä
translative leseeksi leseiksi
abessive leseettä leseittä
instructive — lesein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lese (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leseeni leseeni
accusative nom. leseeni leseeni
gen. leseeni
genitive leseeni leseideni
leseitteni
partitive lesettäni leseitäni
inessive leseessäni leseissäni
elative leseestäni leseistäni
illative leseeseeni leseisiini
leseihini
adessive leseelläni leseilläni
ablative leseeltäni leseiltäni
allative leseelleni leseilleni
essive leseenäni leseinäni
translative leseekseni leseikseni
abessive leseettäni leseittäni
instructive — —
comitative — leseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leseesi leseesi
accusative nom. leseesi leseesi
gen. leseesi
genitive leseesi leseidesi
leseittesi
partitive lesettäsi leseitäsi
inessive leseessäsi leseissäsi
elative leseestäsi leseistäsi
illative leseeseesi leseisiisi
leseihisi
adessive leseelläsi leseilläsi
ablative leseeltäsi leseiltäsi
allative leseellesi leseillesi
essive leseenäsi leseinäsi
translative leseeksesi leseiksesi
abessive leseettäsi leseittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — leseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leseemme leseemme
accusative nom. leseemme leseemme
gen. leseemme
genitive leseemme leseidemme
leseittemme
partitive lesettämme leseitämme
inessive leseessämme leseissämme
elative leseestämme leseistämme
illative leseeseemme leseisiimme
leseihimme
adessive leseellämme leseillämme
ablative leseeltämme leseiltämme
allative leseellemme leseillemme
essive leseenämme leseinämme
translative leseeksemme leseiksemme
abessive leseettämme leseittämme
instructive — —
comitative — leseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leseenne leseenne
accusative nom. leseenne leseenne
gen. leseenne
genitive leseenne leseidenne
leseittenne
partitive lesettänne leseitänne
inessive leseessänne leseissänne
elative leseestänne leseistänne
illative leseeseenne leseisiinne
leseihinne
adessive leseellänne leseillänne
ablative leseeltänne leseiltänne
allative leseellenne leseillenne
essive leseenänne leseinänne
translative leseeksenne leseiksenne
abessive leseettänne leseittänne
instructive — —
comitative — leseinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative leseensä leseensä
accusative nom. leseensä leseensä
gen. leseensä
genitive leseensä leseidensä
leseittensä
partitive lesettään
lesettänsä 		leseitään
leseitänsä
inessive leseessään
leseessänsä 		leseissään
leseissänsä
elative leseestään
leseestänsä 		leseistään
leseistänsä
illative leseeseensä leseisiinsä
leseihinsä
adessive leseellään
leseellänsä 		leseillään
leseillänsä
ablative leseeltään
leseeltänsä 		leseiltään
leseiltänsä
allative leseelleen
leseellensä 		leseilleen
leseillensä
essive leseenään
leseenänsä 		leseinään
leseinänsä
translative leseekseen
leseeksensä 		leseikseen
leseiksensä
abessive leseettään
leseettänsä 		leseittään
leseittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — leseineen
leseinensä
Derived terms
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compounds

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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lese

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

Galician

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Verb

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lese

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

German

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Verb

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lese

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

Hungarian

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Etymology

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les +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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lese

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

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lese —
accusative lesét —
dative lesének —
instrumental lesével —
causal-final leséért —
translative lesévé —
terminative leséig —
essive-formal leseként —
essive-modal leséül —
inessive lesében —
superessive lesén —
adessive lesénél —
illative lesébe —
sublative lesére —
allative leséhez —
elative leséből —
delative leséről —
ablative lesétől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		leséé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lesééi —

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Conjugation of lese
infinitive lese
past participle geles
auxiliary hon
present tense
1st person singular lese
2nd person singular lest
3rd person singular lesd
1st person  plural lese
2nd person plural lesd
3rd person plural lese
imperative
2nd person singular les
2nd person plural lesd

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Italian

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Participle

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lese f pl

  1. feminine plural of leso

Adjective

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lese f pl

  1. feminine plural of leso

References

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  1. ^ leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa.

Verb

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

  1. to read
    Hva leser du?
    What are you reading?

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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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

Alternative forms

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  • lesa (a- and split infinitives)

Derived terms

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Participle

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lese

  1. neuter singular of lesen

Noun

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

  1. an inscription

References

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  • “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

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈle.se/, [ˈle.ze]

Verb

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lese

  1. inflection of lesan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

Verb

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lese

  1. to read
  2. to pick up

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lese
infinitive lese
past participle hot gelese
future tense waerd lese
subjunctive daet lese
present tense
1st person singular les
2nd person singular lescht
3rd person singular lest
1st person  plural lese
2nd person plural lest
3rd person plural lese
imperative les

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin legō.

Verb

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lese

  1. to read

Portuguese

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Verb

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lese

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