L.
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L, n., the letter "L."
lä´cheln, to smile (at, über).
la´chen, to laugh; das Lachen, laughing.
lä´cherlich, laughable, funny.
La´ger, n. (pl. —), resting-place.
la´gern, sich, to lie down, to have settled down, to lodge one’s self.
Land, n. (pl. -̈er), land, country; woher des Landes? from what country?
Land´assessorrock (for Landgerichtsassessorrock), m. (pl. -̈e), uniform of an assessor of the county-court.
Land´gericht, n. (pl. -e), county-court, district-court.
Land´gerichtsassessor, m. (pl. -assesso´ren), assessor of the county-court.
Land´gerichtspräsident, m. (pl. -en), president of the district-court.
Land´gerichtsrat, m. (pl. -̈e), judge of the district-court.
Land´karte, f. (pl. -n), map, traveller’s map.
lang (adv.) = lange.
lan´ge (adv.), long, a long time, for a long time; wie lange? how long?
lang´sam, slow(ly), little by little.
längst (adv.), long since, for some time, for a long time.
lang´weilig, tedious, wearisome, dead-alive.
las´sen (ließ, gelassen), to let, to allow, to make, to leave; merken lassen, to show, to betray something; Einem etwas schreiben lassen, to have something communicated to one; Einen allein lassen, to leave one.
lau, mild, genial.
Laub, n., foliage.
Lauf, m., run, course; im schnellen Lauf, in a short time.
lau´fen (lief, gelaufen), to walk, to run; frisch gelaufene Blasen, feet blistered with walking.
Laut, m. (pl. -e), sound; keinen Laut von sich geben, not to utter a word, to keep profoundly silent.
lau´ten, to run thus or as follows.
le´ben, to live, to be living; leb wohl! farewell! good-bye; soll leben, (= lebe hoch!) let us drink the health of ...! or ... forever!
Le´ben, n., life.
leben´dig, lively, animated.
Le´bensgeschichte, f. (pl. -n), history of one’s life.
Leb´n (dialect.) n., = Leben, life.
le´dig, single, unmarried.
le´gen, to lay; sich legen, to cease, (of bad weather).
Leib´schneiden, n., gripes, colic.
Lei´chentuch, n. (pl. -̈er), shroud, pall.
leicht, light(ly), easy (-ily), slight(ly), delicate(ly); (dialect. = vielleicht), perhaps.
lei´den (litt, gelitten), to suffer.
lei´der (adv.), unfortunately, I am sorry to say.
Lei´nen, n., linen, linen goods.
lei´se (der), faint (suspicion).
lei´se (adv.), in an undertone; faint (suspicion).
Le´na (abbrev. of Hele´ne), Ellen, Maud.
ler´nen, to learn, to study, to pursue one’s studies.
le´sen (las, gelesen), to read.
Le´ser, m. (pl. —), reader.
Le´serin, f. (pl. -nen), (female) reader.
letz´te (der), last, final, finishing.
letz´terer, letz´tere, letz´teres, the latter.
leuch´ten, to flash, to beam.
leuch´tend, luminous, lucid, bright, with beaming eyes.
Leu´te, pl., people; men.
Li´ab’ (dialect.) f. = Liebe, love.
Licht, n. (pl. -er), light.
Lieb’ (= Liebchen), n., love, sweetheart.
lieb, dear; mir ist lieb, I like; lieb haben, to like, to love; sich lieb haben, to love each other.
Lie´be, f., love.
lie´beleer, destitute of love.
lie´ben, to love, to like.
Lie´ben, pl., those beloved, the beloved ones.
lie´ber, better, rather, sooner; lieber wollen, to prefer.
Lie´besband, n. (pl. -e, -̈er), tie of love.
liebst, dearest or best of all.
Lieb´ste, f. (pl. -n), beloved one, sweetheart.
lieb´wert, dearly beloved.
Lied, n. (pl. -er), song.
Lie´derbuch, n. (pl. -̈er), songbook.
lie´gen (lag, gelegen), to lie, to be situated, to lie hidden or concealed, to be latent.
Li´na (abbrev. of Pauline or Paula), Pauline.
Lip´pe, f. (pl. -n), lip; (pl.) Lippen, mouth.
Loch, n. (pl. -̈er), hole, kennel, burrow.
lo´cken, to entice, to induce.
Lo´denkittel, m. (pl. —), jacket made of coarse woolen cloth.
Lo´denrock, m. (pl. -̈e), coat of coarse woolen cloth.
Löf´fel, m. (pl. —), spoon.
London Bridgestation (English), f. London-Bridge Station.
Lor´beer, m. (pl. -en), laurel(-tree), bay(-tree).
los! (adv.), on then! up! heartily!
los´schießen (schoß, geschossen), to shoot off, to fire off, to let fly.
Lö´we, m. (pl. -n), lion.
lud ... ein, see einladen.
Luft, f. (pl. -̈e), air.
Lun´ge, f. (pl. -n), lungs.
lu´stig, hearty (-ily), merry (-ily), sound(ly), hard.