"læse" meaning in Danish

See læse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛːsə/, [ˈleːsə]
Etymology: From Old Danish læsæ, Old Norse lesa (“read, collect, gather”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”). Cognate with German lesen (“to read, gather”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|læsæ}} Old Danish læsæ, {{inh|da|non|lesa||read, collect, gather}} Old Norse lesa (“read, collect, gather”), {{inh|da|gem-pro|*lesaną||to gather}} Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), {{cog|de|lesen||to read, gather}} German lesen (“to read, gather”) Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|læs|infinitive|at læse|present tense|læser|past tense|læste|perfect tense|læst|f1accel-form=imp|f1request=1|f3accel-form=pres|f3request=1|f4accel-form=past|f4request=1|f5accel-form=past|part|f5request=1|head=}} læse (imperative læs, infinitive at læse, present tense læser, past tense læste, perfect tense læst), {{da-verb|læs|læse|læser|læste||læst}} læse (imperative læs, infinitive at læse, present tense læser, past tense læste, perfect tense læst) Forms: læs [imperative], at læse [infinitive], læser [present], læste [past], læst [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], læser [active, present], læses [passive, present], læste [active, past], læstes [passive, past], læse [active, infinitive], læses [infinitive, passive], læs [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], læsende [participle, present], læst [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], læsen [gerund, participle]
  1. to read
    Sense id: en-læse-da-verb-OQnC8LFq Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 30 13 13 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 13 13 15
  2. to study formally
    Sense id: en-læse-da-verb-clzN78oq Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 30 13 13 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 13 13 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aflæse, belæst, eksamenslæsning, forelæse, forlæse, frilæsning, genlæse, hulkortlæser, hulstrimmellæser, højtlæse, indlæse, lektielæsning, letlæselig, letlæsningsbog, letlæst, læsbar, læsebog, læsebriller, læseevne, læseferie, læsefærdighed, læsehandicappet, læsehastighed, læsehest, læsehæmmet, læseklasse, læsekreds, læsekursus, læselig, læselyst, læseplan, læseproblem, læseprogram, læseprøve, læser, læserbrev, læseretarderet, læserkreds, læserskare, læsesal, læsestof, læsesvag, læsevane, læsevanskelighed, læseværdig, maskinlæsbar, morskabslæsning, mundaflæse, måleraflæser, nærlæse, periodelæsning, rebuslæser, samlæse, tankelæser, temalæsning, ulæselig, ulæst

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "aflæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "belæst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eksamenslæsning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "forelæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "forlæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frilæsning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "genlæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hulkortlæser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hulstrimmellæser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "højtlæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "indlæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lektielæsning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "letlæselig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "letlæsningsbog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "letlæst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsbar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsebog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsebriller"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseevne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseferie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsefærdighed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsehandicappet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsehastighed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsehest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsehæmmet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseklasse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsekreds"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsekursus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læselig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læselyst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseplan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseproblem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseprogram"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseprøve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læserbrev"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseretarderet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læserkreds"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læserskare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsesal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsestof"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsesvag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsevane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læsevanskelighed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "læseværdig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maskinlæsbar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morskabslæsning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mundaflæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "måleraflæser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nærlæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "periodelæsning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rebuslæser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "samlæse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tankelæser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "temalæsning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ulæselig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ulæst"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "læsæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish læsæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "lesa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "read, collect, gather"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse lesa (“read, collect, gather”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lesaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to gather"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lesen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to read, gather"
      },
      "expansion": "German lesen (“to read, gather”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish læsæ, Old Norse lesa (“read, collect, gather”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”). Cognate with German lesen (“to read, gather”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "læs",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at læse",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læser",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læste",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læst",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læser",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læstes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læsende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læsen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "læste",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "læst",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "læs",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at læse",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "læser",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1accel-form": "imp",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3accel-form": "pres",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "past",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "past|part",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "læse (imperative læs, infinitive at læse, present tense læser, past tense læste, perfect tense læst)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "læs",
        "2": "læse",
        "3": "læser",
        "4": "læste",
        "5": "",
        "6": "læst"
      },
      "expansion": "læse (imperative læs, infinitive at læse, present tense læser, past tense læste, perfect tense læst)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 13 13 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "29 29 13 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to read"
      ],
      "id": "en-læse-da-verb-OQnC8LFq",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 29 13 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She is studying law at the third semester.",
          "text": "Hun læser jura på tredje semester.",
          "translation": "She is studying law at the third semester.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to study formally"
      ],
      "id": "en-læse-da-verb-clzN78oq",
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛːsə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈleːsə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læse"
}
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    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aflæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "belæst"
    },
    {
      "word": "eksamenslæsning"
    },
    {
      "word": "forelæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "forlæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "frilæsning"
    },
    {
      "word": "genlæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "hulkortlæser"
    },
    {
      "word": "hulstrimmellæser"
    },
    {
      "word": "højtlæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "indlæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "lektielæsning"
    },
    {
      "word": "letlæselig"
    },
    {
      "word": "letlæsningsbog"
    },
    {
      "word": "letlæst"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsbar"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsebog"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsebriller"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseevne"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseferie"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsefærdighed"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsehandicappet"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsehastighed"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsehest"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsehæmmet"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseklasse"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsekreds"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsekursus"
    },
    {
      "word": "læselig"
    },
    {
      "word": "læselyst"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseplan"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseproblem"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseprogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseprøve"
    },
    {
      "word": "læser"
    },
    {
      "word": "læserbrev"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseretarderet"
    },
    {
      "word": "læserkreds"
    },
    {
      "word": "læserskare"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsesal"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsestof"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsesvag"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsevane"
    },
    {
      "word": "læsevanskelighed"
    },
    {
      "word": "læseværdig"
    },
    {
      "word": "maskinlæsbar"
    },
    {
      "word": "morskabslæsning"
    },
    {
      "word": "mundaflæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "måleraflæser"
    },
    {
      "word": "nærlæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "periodelæsning"
    },
    {
      "word": "rebuslæser"
    },
    {
      "word": "samlæse"
    },
    {
      "word": "tankelæser"
    },
    {
      "word": "temalæsning"
    },
    {
      "word": "ulæselig"
    },
    {
      "word": "ulæst"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "læsæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish læsæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "lesa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "read, collect, gather"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse lesa (“read, collect, gather”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lesaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to gather"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lesen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to read, gather"
      },
      "expansion": "German lesen (“to read, gather”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish læsæ, Old Norse lesa (“read, collect, gather”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”). Cognate with German lesen (“to read, gather”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "læs",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at læse",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læser",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læste",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læst",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læser",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læstes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læsende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læsen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "læste",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "læst",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "læs",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at læse",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "læser",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1accel-form": "imp",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3accel-form": "pres",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "past",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "past|part",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "læse (imperative læs, infinitive at læse, present tense læser, past tense læste, perfect tense læst)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "læs",
        "2": "læse",
        "3": "læser",
        "4": "læste",
        "5": "",
        "6": "læst"
      },
      "expansion": "læse (imperative læs, infinitive at læse, present tense læser, past tense læste, perfect tense læst)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to read"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She is studying law at the third semester.",
          "text": "Hun læser jura på tredje semester.",
          "translation": "She is studying law at the third semester.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to study formally"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛːsə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈleːsə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læse"
}

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