læse

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See also: laese and läse

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish læsæ, Old Norse lesa (read, collect, gather), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (to gather). Cognate with German lesen (to read, gather).

Pronunciation

Verb

læse

  1. to read
  2. to study formally
    Hun læser jura på tredje semester.
    She is studying law at the third semester.

Conjugation

Conjugation of læse
active passive
present læser læses
past læste læstes
infinitive læse læses
imperative læs
participle
present læsende
past læst
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund læsen

Derived terms

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

lǣse

  1. inflection of lǣs:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular