lesen
Meaning
- (class-5,intransitive,strong,transitive) to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
- (class-5,strong,transitive) to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)
Concepts
Synonyms
Vorlesung halten
reinziehen
alles gelesen haben
zu Gemüte führen
dekodieren
decodieren
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
lese
Zürich
läse
Bern
läse
Aargau
läse
Zug
läse
Zürich
läsä
Bern
läsä
St. Gallen
läse
Lucerne
läse
Solothurn
läse
Basel-Landschaft
läse
Aargau
lese
St. Gallen
lese
Basel-Landschaft
lääse
Basel-Stadt
läse
Obwalden
läsä
St. Gallen
lesa
Graubünden
lesa
Appenzell Innerrhoden
leese
Fribourg
läse
St. Gallen
lesse
Schaffhausen
läsä
Schwyz
läse
Basel-Stadt
läsä
Solothurn
lese
Thurgau
lesä
Thurgau
lese
Valais
läsu
Basel-Stadt
lääse
Aargau
läsä
Graubünden
läsa
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
lese
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleːzn̩/
Etymology
From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with English lease (“to gather”) [with an obsolete meaning], cognate with Dutch lezen (“to read”).
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Sentences
Erfahrene Abenteurer lesen 📖 die Uhrzeit ⌚ am Sonnenstand ab .
Experienced adventurers read the time at the position of the sun.
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