leisten

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan. Cognate with English last.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯stn̩/, [ˈlaɪ̯stən]

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leisten (weak, third-person singular present leistet, past tense leistete, past participle geleistet, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to perform (a task, work), to accomplish (a task), to achieve (a goal)
2. (transitive) to provide (aid, service)

   Sie leistete erste Hilfe, bis der Krankenwagen kam.

   She gave first aid until the ambulance came.

3. (transitive, with dative reflexive pronoun) to afford, to pay for

   Ich kann mir jetzt kein neues Auto leisten.

   I can't afford a new car now.

• In the sense of "afford", leisten is rarely used without können.

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• Leistung

• gewährleisten

• “leisten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “leisten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “leisten” in Duden online
• “leisten” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “leisten”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891