See läsa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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"text": "Jag läser biologi vid Uppsala universitet (more formally: Jag studerar biologi ...)",
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},
{
"english": "I am going to take a programming course",
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},
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"Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "läst",
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"form": "läsen",
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{
"form": "läses",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lästes",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
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"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "läste",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "läsas",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
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"passive",
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{
"form": "läse",
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"active",
"dated",
"present",
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},
{
"form": "läste",
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"dated",
"past",
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"form": "läses",
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"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
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"form": "lästes",
"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
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{
"form": "läsande",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "läst",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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{
"form": "läsa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"infinitive"
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{
"form": "läsas",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "läsit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "läsits",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "läs",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "läsen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"archaic",
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
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},
{
"form": "läser",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"indicative",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "las",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "läses",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"form": "låso",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "läsas",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "låsos",
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"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"past"
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"form": "läse",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
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"form": "låse",
"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "läses",
"source": "conjugation",
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"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "läsande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
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{
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"8": "läst",
"9": "imperative",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "läsa (present läser, preterite läste, supine läst, imperative läs)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "läs",
"2": "er",
"3": "te"
},
"expansion": "läsa (present läser, preterite läste, supine läst, imperative läs)",
"name": "sv-verb-reg"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"lä",
"sa"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "läs",
"end": "s"
},
"name": "sv-conj-wk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "läs",
"2": "las",
"3": "läs",
"class": "5",
"end": "s",
"note": "obsolete"
},
"name": "sv-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "avläsa"
},
{
"word": "högläsa"
},
{
"word": "läsa av"
},
{
"word": "läsa in"
},
{
"word": "läsa in i"
},
{
"word": "läsa in sig"
},
{
"word": "läsa om"
},
{
"word": "läsa sig till"
},
{
"word": "läsa upp"
},
{
"word": "läsa ut"
},
{
"word": "läsare"
},
{
"word": "läsebok"
},
{
"word": "läsglasögon"
},
{
"word": "läskunnig"
},
{
"word": "läslust"
},
{
"word": "läsning"
},
{
"word": "läsår"
},
{
"word": "läsårstider"
},
{
"word": "lättläst"
},
{
"word": "utläsa"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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[
4,
9
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
6
]
],
"english": "I read a funny book",
"text": "Jag läste en rolig bok",
"translation": "I read a funny book",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to read (text)"
],
"links": [
[
"read",
"read"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
9
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
13
]
],
"english": "I am studying biology at the University of Uppsala",
"text": "Jag läser biologi vid Uppsala universitet (more formally: Jag studerar biologi ...)",
"translation": "I am studying biology at the University of Uppsala",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I am going to take a programming course",
"text": "Jag ska läsa en kurs i programmering (more commonly: Jag ska ta en kurs ...)",
"translation": "I am going to take a programming course",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to study, to read (usually at university)"
],
"links": [
[
"study",
"study"
],
[
"read",
"read"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "read faces",
"text": "läsa ansikten",
"translation": "read faces",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to read (interpret, more generally)"
],
"links": [
[
"read",
"read"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛːˌsa/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-läsa.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/Sv-l%C3%A4sa.ogg/Sv-l%C3%A4sa.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Sv-l%C3%A4sa.ogg"
}
],
"word": "läsa"
}
Download raw JSONL data for läsa meaning in Swedish (8.4kB)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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