losen

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[1] (in German)
  • losen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • losen” in Duden online
  • losen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English lotion, from Middle English locion, from Latin lōtiō, lōtiōnem (a washing), from lavō (to wash); see lave. Doublet of lavation.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. lotion
    Synonym: calir

Derived terms

Affixations
  • berlosen (to contain lotion)
  • melosen (to put lotion on something)

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[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Verb

losen

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