German

lösen

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  1. (transitive, weak) to loose; to loosen; to detach; to remove
  2. (transitive, weak) to separate
  3. (transitive, weak) to cast off; to remove
  4. (figuratively, transitive, weak) to solve; to resolve; to answer
  5. (reflexive, weak) to come loose
  6. (reflexive, weak) to dissolve
  7. (weak) to buy
  8. (transitive, weak) to release; to undo; to untie; to ease
  9. (figuratively, transitive, weak) to dissolve; to disband; to break up; to end

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

löse

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

löse

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

löse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

leese

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Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈløːzn̩]
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
lœsen
Inherited from Old High German
lōsen
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
lozen
Cognate with English
English
loose
Cognate with Old Norse
lauss
Cognate with English
leese
Cognate with Old English
liesan
Cognate with Old Norse
leysa
In summary

From Middle High German lœsen, lōsen, from Old High German lōsen, from Proto-West Germanic *lausijan. Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan); also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Icelandic leysa (“to loosen, to resolve, to untie”), Norwegian løse and Swedish lösa (all from the Old Norse leysa).

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