different between lesen vs diminish
lesen
Galician
Verb
lesen
- third-person plural preterite subjunctive of ler
German
Etymology
From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesan? (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with English lease (“to gather”) [with an obsolete meaning], cognate with Dutch lezen (“to read”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?zn?/
Verb
lesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liest, past tense las, past participle gelesen, past subjunctive läse, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
- to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)
Conjugation
Derived terms
German Low German
Alternative forms
- (western Low Prussian) lësen
- (eastern Low Prussian) lëse
- leasen (New Saxon Spelling)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lesan?.
Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon leazn, lezen; Plautdietsch läsen; German lesen; Dutch lezen.
Verb
lesen (past singular lees, past participle leest or lesen, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to read
- (rare, dated, transitive or intransitive) to gather up
Conjugation
Hungarian
Etymology
les +? -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l???n]
- Hyphenation: le?sen
Noun
lesen
- superessive singular of les
Malay
Etymology
Borrowing from English licence
Noun
lesen (Jawi spelling ??????, plural lesen-lesen, informal 1st possessive lesenku, impolite 2nd possessive lesenmu, 3rd possessive lesennya)
- licence
Alternative forms
- lisensi (Indonesia)
Further reading
- “lesen” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesan?, from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).
Verb
l?sen
- to gather, to collect
- to read
- to read out loud (to an audience)
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: lezen
- Afrikaans: lees
- ? Papiamentu: lesa
- ? Sranan Tongo: leisi
- Limburgish: laeze, leuze
Further reading
- “lesen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “lesen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
Norwegian Nynorsk
Participle
lesen (neuter lese, definite singular and plural lesne)
- past participle of lesa and lese
Anagrams
- lesne, nesle, selen
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diminish
English
Etymology
Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin d?minuo) and minish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??m?n??/
Verb
diminish (third-person singular simple present diminishes, present participle diminishing, simple past and past participle diminished)
- (transitive) To make smaller.
- (intransitive) To become smaller.
- (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Ezekiel 29:15,[1]
- It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
- 1639, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia by Thomas More, London, Book 2, “Of their journying or travelling abroad,” p. 197,[2]
- […] this doth nothing diminish their opinion.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 32-35,[3]
- O thou, that, with surpassing glory crowned,
- Lookest from thy sole dominion like the God
- Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars
- Hide their diminished heads; to thee I call,
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, London: André Deutsch, Chapter 3,
- In Seth’s presence Mr Biswas felt diminished. Everything about Seth was overpowering: his calm manner, his smooth grey hair, his ivory holder, his hard swollen forearms […]
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Ezekiel 29:15,[1]
- (intransitive) To taper.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, London: J.M. Dent, 1904, Chapter 8, p. 120,[4]
- The chair and table legs diminished as they neared the ground, and were straight and square in all their corners.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, London: J.M. Dent, 1904, Chapter 8, p. 120,[4]
- (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
- 1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, Penguin, 1971, Part Two, Chapter 2, 1, p. 77,[5]
- ‘Good evening, good evening,’ Father Rank called. His stride lengthened and he caught a foot in his soutane and stumbled as he went by. ‘A storm’s coming up,’ he said. ‘Got to hurry,’ and his ‘ho, ho, ho’ diminished mournfully along the railway track, bringing no comfort to anyone.
- 1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, Penguin, 1971, Part Two, Chapter 2, 1, p. 77,[5]
- (transitive) To take away; to subtract.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Deuteronomy 4:2,[6]
- Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Deuteronomy 4:2,[6]
Antonyms
- improve, repair, renovate
Derived terms
- diminishment
- law of diminishing returns
Related terms
- diminution
Translations
Anagrams
- minidish
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