losen

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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English lotion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lo.sen], [lo.ʃən]
  • Rhymes: -osen, -oʃən
  • Hyphenation: lo‧sen

Noun

losen (Jawi spelling لوسين, plural losen-losen or losen2)

  1. lotion

Verb

losen (Jawi spelling لوسين, active melosen, third person passive dilosen)

  1. to put lotion on (something)

Derived terms

Affixations

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • loysen, lowsen, lausen, laucen

Etymology

From los (adj). Forms in /ɔu̯/ are influenced by Old Norse lauss.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

losen

  1. to loose
  2. to destroy, ruin.

Conjugation

Conjugation of losen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) losen, lose
present tense past tense
1st-person singular lose losed
2nd-person singular losest losedest
3rd-person singular loseth losed
subjunctive singular lose
imperative singular
plural1 losen, lose loseden, losede
imperative plural loseth, lose
participles losynge, losende losed, ylosed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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

  • lossan

Verb

losen

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

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle High German: losen
    • German: lösen
    • Luxembourgish: léisen
    • Yiddish: לייזן (leyzn)

References

  • Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer[1], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Verb

losen

  1. inflection of losar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative