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

ZĂŒrich

ZĂŒrich

lese

ZĂŒrich

ZĂŒrich

lÀse

Bern

Bern

lÀse

Aargau

Aargau

lÀse

Zug

Zug

lÀse

ZĂŒrich

ZĂŒrich

lÀsÀ

Bern

Bern

lÀsÀ

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lÀse

Lucerne

Lucerne

lÀse

Solothurn

Solothurn

lÀse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lÀse

Aargau

Aargau

lese

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lese

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lÀÀse

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

lÀse

Obwalden

Obwalden

lÀsÀ

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lesa

GraubĂŒnden

GraubĂŒnden

lesa

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

leese

Fribourg

Fribourg

lÀse

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lesse

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

lÀsÀ

Schwyz

Schwyz

lÀse

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

lÀsÀ

Solothurn

Solothurn

lese

Thurgau

Thurgau

lesÀ

Thurgau

Thurgau

lese

Valais

Valais

lÀsu

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

lÀÀse

Aargau

Aargau

lÀsÀ

GraubĂŒnden

GraubĂŒnden

lÀsa

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

lese

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleːzn̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lĂ«sen, from Old High German lĂ«san, from Proto-West Germanic *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 Low German lesen (“to read”), Dutch lezen (“to read”), Afrikaans lees (“to read”).

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