losen

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːzən/

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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.

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

• auslosen
• erlosen
• verlosen
• zulosen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• “losen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “losen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “losen” in Duden online
• “losen” in OpenThesaurus.de

• loysen, lowsen, lausen, laucen

From los (“adj”).

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

losen

1. to loose
2. to destroy, ruin.

• English: loose, loosen
• Yola: lhowse, lowse, lous, lhause

• “lọ̄sen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

losen m

1. definite singular of los

losen m

1. definite singular of los

• lossan

losen

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

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

• Wright, Joseph. (1906) 2nd ed. An Old High German Primer

losen

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