Leisten

last (tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)

Leiste

1. (feminine) lath used as covering or support; skirting board; ledge, ledger
2. (feminine) row of buttons, switches, or similar elements
3. (feminine) groin
4. (feminine) bar

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leisten

1. (transitive, weak) to perform (a task, work), to accomplish (a task), to achieve (a goal)
2. (transitive, weak) to provide (aid, service)
3. (dative, reflexive, transitive, weak) to afford, to pay for

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

laischte

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlaɪ̯stən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: leist

Inherited from Old High German: leist

Cognate with Dutch: leest

Cognate with English: last

Cognate with Swedish: läst

In summary

From Middle High German leist (“foot trace, last”), from Old High German leist (“foot trace, last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistaz. Cognate with Dutch leest, English last, Swedish läst. The originally strong noun became weak in Early Modern German (der Leiste) and then strong again through generalisation of oblique -en (as usual in inanimate nouns).

Concepts

groin

groins

inguinal

last

ledges

shoe tree

wooden form

Synonyms

Weiche

Holzform

hölzerne Form

Translations

engonal

forma

motlle

βουβώνας

καλαπόδι

aine

forme de cordonnier

inguine

leest

lies

pachwina

forma

virilha

ingle