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German
Etymology
From Middle High German letzen, from Old High German lezzen, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
letzen (weak, third-person singular present letzt, past tense letzte, past participle geletzt, auxiliary haben) (obsolete)
- to injure, to harm, to hurt, to punish etc.
- to terminate the relationship, to quit with, to say goodbye
- Synonym: Abschied nehmen
- to refresh with, to enliven by exposing to, to let feast
- Synonym: laben
1785, Karl Philipp Moritz, Anton Reiser, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, published 1979, Erster Teil, page 84:Er suchte sich nun an allen Gegenden der Stadt, die er bisher auf seinen Spaziergängen des Sonntags besucht hatte, gleichsam noch einmal zu letzen und nahm von einer nach der andern wehmütig Abschied, so wie er sie nie wieder zu sehen hoffte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
letzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
letzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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