Feminine

Last

Meaning

load, burden

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

buurdi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

oonus

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/last/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German last, from Old High German last, hlast, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), whence English laden. Compare English last and ballast.

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