lesen

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Meaning

  1. (class-5,intransitive,strong,transitive) to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
  2. (class-5,strong,transitive) to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

lese

Zürich

Zürich

läse

Bern

Bern

läse

Aargau

Aargau

läse

Zug

Zug

läse

Zürich

Zürich

läsä

Bern

Bern

läsä

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

läse

Lucerne

Lucerne

läse

Solothurn

Solothurn

läse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

läse

Aargau

Aargau

lese

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lese

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lääse

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

läse

Obwalden

Obwalden

läsä

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lesa

Graubünden

Graubünden

lesa

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

leese

Fribourg

Fribourg

läse

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lesse

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

läsä

Schwyz

Schwyz

läse

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

läsä

Solothurn

Solothurn

lese

Thurgau

Thurgau

lesä

Thurgau

Thurgau

lese

Valais

Valais

läsu

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

lääse

Aargau

Aargau

läsä

Graubünden

Graubünden

läsa

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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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