Meaning

  1. (feminine) solution (answer to a riddle or problem)
  2. (feminine) solution (solvent + solute; action of dissolving)
  3. (feminine) cancellation
  4. (feminine) breaking away

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

lösig

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

lösig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

leesig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈløːzʊŋ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lœsunge, lōsunge, from Old High German lōsunga (“redemption, payment, ransom, fraud, deception”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lösen + -ung. Cognate with English leasing, Icelandic lausung. Compare also Dutch oplossing.

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