loschen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlœʃən/, [ˈlœʃən], [ˈlœʃn̩] Hyphenation: lö‧schen === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German leschen, from Old High German lescan, from Proto-West Germanic *leskan, from Proto-Germanic *leskaną. Cognate with Dutch lessen. ==== Verb ==== löschen (weak, third-person singular present löscht, past tense löschte, past participle gelöscht, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to quench (fire, thirst, or lime) Durst löschen ― to quench the thirst Feuer löschen ― to extinguish the fire (transitive) to delete, to erase (remembrance, memory, data) Daten löschen ― to erase data ===== Usage notes ===== The transitive verb löschen is weak, unlike the strong intransitive erlöschen (“to go out; expire”). Strong present forms du lischst, er lischt may occasionally be seen in the transitive verb, chiefly due to hypercorrection. The past forms of the transitive verb are virtually always weak. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Low German lössen, lossen, lessen, from Middle Low German lössen, which is derived from the cognate of German los (“rid; free”). Compare Dutch lossen. The form löschen is due to later association with etymology 1, unloaded goods being “deleted” from the ship’s cargo, or a delivery being crossed out in the order book. (See Deutsches Wörterbuch: “der kaufmann löscht einen schuldposten in seinem buche, durch ausstreichen”.). ==== Verb ==== löschen (weak, third-person singular present löscht, past tense löschte, past participle gelöscht, auxiliary haben) (nautical) to unload (goods from a ship) ===== Conjugation ===== === References === === Further reading === “löschen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “löschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “löschen” in Duden online “löschen” in OpenThesaurus.de