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leisten

Word type: verb
Based on: *leis-, *lois-
Perfect (spoken past): hat geleistet
Preterite (written past): leistete

Meanings

1.
to do, to perform, to have output
(Hard to use idiomatically if you're not a native speaker. Typically not used with an "item" as direct object but rather with words like "viel, nichts" and so on. ARTICLE IS IN THE WORKS!!)
2.
to afford
("sich+Dat leisten" - mainly in the sense of having enough money. Often used in combination with "können". Also works in a figurative sense of taking risks or taking liberty to cross boundaries.)

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Word Family

The core idea of this root was:

track, furrow

From there, it shifted toward the broader sense of pursuit and eventually even further toward pursuit of knowledge.

Here’s a quick overview over English family members:

  • to learn (pursue a trace to knowledge)
  • lore (what is learned)
  • to last (follow a track, stay on track -> remain)
  • delirious (Originally “off track->crazy” in Latin)

The meaning of German leisten evolved from a sense of following directions, doing your work and then shifted a bit toward getting results.

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vvvv-vx
vvvv-vx
5 months ago

is this article still in the works?

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vvvv-vx
vvvv-vx
5 months ago
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: )

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Emanuel
5 months ago
Reply to  vvvv-vx

Absolutely. It’s probably coming out… next year. (to quote Elon Musk).

Seriously though… I’m struggling to decide what “angle” I’ll go with. If I start writing without having the narrative “arc” it’ll be a disaster because I will run into a brick wall halfway.

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vvvv-vx
vvvv-vx
5 months ago
Reply to  Emanuel

ok, look forward to reading it one day (hopefully) : )

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