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/

lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past and past participle lesed)

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

• EELS, ELEs, Slee, eels, else, lees, seel, sele

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

lese

1. vocative singular of les
2. locative singular of les

• Rhymes: -ese

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

1. Indicative present connegative form of lestä.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of lestä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of lestä.

lese

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ler
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ler

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːzə/

lese

1. first-person singular present indicative of lesen
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of lesen
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of lesen

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

lese f pl

1. feminine plural of leso

lese

1. Feminine plural of adjective leso.

• else

From Old Norse lesa

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

1. to read

• “lese” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

lese (present tense les, past tense las, past participle lese, passive infinitive lesast, present participle lesande, imperative les)

1. alternative form of lesa
2. past participle of lesa and lese

• “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

lese

1. to read
2. to pick up

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

lese

1. to read

lese

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lesar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of lesar
3. first-person singular imperative of lesar
4. third-person singular imperative of lesar