FromMiddle Dutchlēsen(“to collect, gather, read”), fromOld Dutchlesan(“to gather, read”), fromProto-West Germanic*lesan, fromProto-Germanic*lesaną(“to gather”), fromProto-Indo-European*les-(“to gather”).
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lezen
| Conjugation oflezen (strong class 5) | ||||
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| infinitive | lezen | |||
| past singular | las | |||
| past participle | gelezen | |||
| infinitive | lezen | |||
| gerund | lezenn | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lees | las | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leest,lees2 | las | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leest | las | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leest | laast | ||
| 3rd person singular | leest | las | ||
| plural | lezen | lazen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | leze | laze | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lezen | lazen | ||
| imperative sing. | lees | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leest | |||
| participles | lezend | gelezen | ||
| 1)Archaic.2) In case ofinversion. | ||||