lazen

See also: lázeň

English

Etymology

From laze +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

lazen (third-person singular simple present lazens, present participle lazening, simple past and past participle lazened)

1. (rare, nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To make or become lazed or lazy
   • 1912, Harry Plunket Greene, Interpretation in Song, page 72:

     Both words and music demand such a broadening or "lazening" of the phrase; the voice fades off into a sleepy whisper, while the accompanist plays as though his fingers could not keep their eyes open any longer!

   • 2008, Will Roth, The World of 1950: The End of Innocence, page 27:

     And the summer heat, that windless, unrelieved, lazening, city heat also helped content me with this lone achievement.

   • 2013, Michele Bigness, Planting Seeds on Concrete, page 62:

     What this means is the education needed to allow the soul, that truly needs, has eliminated and forfeited the resource creating the dependency of the soul to lazen the effort, becoming expectant with the hand open for the continual gesture of misfortune.

Related terms

• lazy

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːzən

Verb

lazen

1. inflection of lezen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• zalen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German lāȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈlaːs̄ən/

Verb

lāȥen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present lāȥet or læȥet, past tense lieȥ, past participle gelāȥen, auxiliary hān)

1. to let

Conjugation

Conjugation of lāȥen (class 7 strong, auxiliary hān)

infinitive		lāȥen
genitive gerund		lāȥennes lāȥenes
dative gerund		lāȥenne lāȥene
present participle		lāȥende
past participle		gelāȥen
auxiliary		hān
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich lāȥe	wir lāȥen	i	ich lāȥe	wir lāȥen
	du lāȥest du læȥest	ir lāȥet		du lāȥest	ir lāȥet
	ër lāȥet ër læȥet	sie lāȥent		ër lāȥe	sie lāȥen
preterite	ich lieȥ	wir lieȥen	ii	ich lieȥe	wir lieȥen
	du lieȥe	ir lieȥet		du lieȥest	ir lieȥet
	ër lieȥ	sie lieȥen		ër lieȥe	sie lieȥen
imperative	lāȥ (du)	lāȥet (ir)

Composed forms of lāȥen (class 7 strong, auxiliary hān)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hān gelāȥen	wir hān gelāȥen	subjunctive	ich habe gelāȥen	wir haben gelāȥen
	du hāst gelāȥen	ir hāt gelāȥen		du habest gelāȥen	ir habet gelāȥen
	ër hāt gelāȥen	sie hānt gelāȥen		ër habe gelāȥen	sie haben gelāȥen
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete gelāȥen	wir habeten gelāȥen	subjunctive	ich habete gelāȥen	wir habeten gelāȥen
	du habetest gelāȥen	ir habetet gelāȥen		du habetest gelāȥen	ir habetet gelāȥen
	ër habete gelāȥen	sie habeten gelāȥen		ër habete gelāȥen	sie habeten gelāȥen
future i
infinitive	lāȥen süln		subjunctive i	ich sul lāȥen	wir suln lāȥen
				du sule lāȥen	ir sulet lāȥen
				ër sul lāȥen	sie suln lāȥen
indicative	ich sol lāȥen	wir sulen lāȥen	subjunctive ii	ich sölte lāȥen ich sölde lāȥen	wir sölten lāȥen wir sölden lāȥen
	du solt lāȥen	ir sulet lāȥen		du söltest lāȥen du söldest lāȥen	ir söltet lāȥen ir söldet lāȥen
	ër sol lāȥen	sie sulen lāȥen		ër sölte lāȥen ër sölde lāȥen	sie sölten lāȥen sie sölden lāȥen
future ii
infinitive	gelāȥen hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul gelāȥen hān	wir suln gelāȥen hān
				du sule gelāȥen hān	ir sulet gelāȥen hān
				ër sul gelāȥen hān	sie suln gelāȥen hān
indicative	ich sol gelāȥen hān	wir sulen gelāȥen hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte gelāȥen hān ich sölde gelāȥen hān	wir sölten gelāȥen hān wir sölden gelāȥen hān
	du solt gelāȥen hān	ir sulet gelāȥen hān		du söltest gelāȥen hān du söldest gelāȥen hān	ir söltet gelāȥen hān ir söldet gelāȥen hān
	ër sol gelāȥen hān	sie sulen gelāȥen hān		ër sölte gelāȥen hān ër sölde gelāȥen hān	sie sölten gelāȥen hān sie sölden gelāȥen hān

Descendants

• German: lassen