HerkumstFrom Middle Low German lēsen, from Old Saxon lesan.
Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon leazn, lezen; Plautdietsch läsen; German lesen; Dutch lezen.
- intransitive, transitiveto read
“Hest du de Daagbläder vunmorgen leest?” — Did you read the newspapers this morning?
- dated, intransitive, rare, transitiveto gather up
Formenlees(past, singular) · leest(participle, past) · gelesen(participle, past) · hebben(auxiliary) · lesen(infinitive) · lees(first-person, present, singular) · lees(first-person, preterite, singular) · leess(present, second-person, singular) · leesst(present, second-person, singular) · leess(preterite, second-person, singular) · leesst(preterite, second-person, singular) · lees(present, singular, third-person) · leest(present, singular, third-person) · lees(preterite, singular, third-person) · leest(plural, present) · leesen(plural, present) · lesen(plural, preterite) · lees(imperative, singular) · leese(imperative, singular) · leest(imperative, plural)
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