erlesen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁˈleːzən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German erlesen, from Old High German irlesan, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀlesan. By surface analysis, er- +‎ lesen. ==== Verb ==== erlesen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present erliest, past tense erlas, past participle erlesen, past subjunctive erläse, auxiliary haben) (transitive) (archaic) to select, to choose Synonyms: wählen, auswählen, erwählen (uncommon) to work out, to acquire understanding of (by reading the text where the topic is laid out) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== erlesen past participle of erlesen ==== Adjective ==== erlesen (strong nominative masculine singular erlesener, comparative erlesener, superlative am erlesensten) (higher register) choice, select (picked with care such as to only contain the highest quality goods or people of the highest standing) eine erlesene Elite ― a select elite erlesene Speisen ― choice dishes, exquisite dishes ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “erlesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erlesen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erlesen” in Duden online