læs

See also: LAEs, läs, -læs, Appendix:Variations of "las", and Appendix:Variations of "les"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlass, from hlaða (“to stack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛs/, [lɛs]

Noun

læs n (singular definite læsset, plural indefinite læs)

  1. load, lot
Inflection
Declension of læs
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative læs læsset læs læssene
genitive læs' læssets læs' læssenes

Etymology 2

See læse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛːs/, [lɛːˀs]

Verb

læs

  1. imperative of læse

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [laiːs]
  • Rhymes: -aiːs

Adjective

læs (comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)

  1. literate (able to read)
  2. insightful, perceptive

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /læːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lēswō.

Noun

lǣs f

  1. pasture, meadow, leasow
    Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne on ðám hǽðfelda. ("The pasture on the heathfield lies open to all men.")
Declension
Declension of læs (strong wō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lǣs lǣswa, lǣswe
accusative lǣswe lǣswa, lǣswe
genitive lǣswe lǣswa
dative lǣswe lǣswum
Descendants
  • Middle English: leswe, lesewe, leesewe
    • Scots: lesu, lesoue; lesour, lesure
    • English: lease, lessow, leasow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *laisiz.

Adverb

lǣs

  1. less
Descendants
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