losen

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See also: Losen and lösen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːzən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German lōzen, either derived from the noun lōz (whence German Los), or inherited from unattested Old High German *lōzōn, *hlōzōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hlutōn, from Proto-Germanic *hlutōną.

Verb

losen (weak, third-person singular present lost, past tense loste, past participle gelost, auxiliary haben)

  1. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

losen

  1. inflection of lose:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • losen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • losen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • losen” in Duden online
  • losen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From los (adj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːsən/, /ˈlɔu̯sən/, /ˈlau̯sən/

Verb

losen

  1. to loose
  2. to destroy, ruin.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: loose, loosen
  • Yola: lhowse, lowse, lous, lhause

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

losen m

  1. definite singular of los

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

losen m

  1. definite singular of los

Old High German

Alternative forms

Verb

losen

  1. to make free
  2. to free
  3. to deliver

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  1. Wright, Joseph. (1906) 2nd ed. An Old High German Primer