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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
leeren (weak, third-person singular present leert, past tense leerte, past participle geleert, auxiliary haben)
- to empty
Conjugation
Conjugation of
leeren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
leeren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Etymology 2
Adjective
leeren
- inflection of leer:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Further reading
- “leeren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “leeren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “leeren” in Duden online
- “leeren” in OpenThesaurus.de