loosst eis
Let's: Loosst Eis
Loosst eis + infinitive at the end = let's: Loosst eis goen! Loosst eis ufänken!
How It Works
When you want to suggest that you and others do something together, use loosst eis. It works like English "let's":
- Loosst eis goen! (Let's go!)
- Loosst eis e Kaffi drénken! (Let's have a coffee!)
Where the words go. Loosst eis comes first, and the infinitive goes to the very end. Objects, time words and places go in between: Loosst eis muer an d'Stad fueren. (Let's go into town tomorrow.) The infinitive has no ze, just as after a modal verb. A separable verb stays in one piece at the end: Loosst eis ufänken! (Let's begin!) See separable verbs.
Where it comes from. Loosst is the dir command of loossen (to let), and eis means us. The same verb, with a different meaning, gives loossen + infinitive: Ech loossen den Auto reparéieren (I am having the car repaired).
Loosse mer. Many people use loosse mer instead, in speech and in writing: Loosse mer dat Bescht hoffen! (Let's hope for the best!) It means the same thing, and the dictionary uses both forms.
To say "let's not", put net before the infinitive: Loosst eis net méi waarden. (Let's not wait any longer.)
Examples (6)
- Loosst eis goen!
Let's go!
Goen, the infinitive, comes last.
- Loosst eis e Kaffi drénken!
Let's have a coffee!
The object e Kaffi goes between eis and the infinitive.
- Loosst eis muer an d'Stad fueren.
Let's go into town tomorrow.
Time and place both come before fueren.
- Loosst eis ufänken!
Let's begin!
The separable verb ufänken stays in one piece at the end.
- Loosst eis emol nach ofwaarden!
Let's just wait a little longer!
Emol softens the suggestion, and nach means a little longer.
- Loosse mer dat Bescht hoffen!
Let's hope for the best!
Loosse mer is another common form with the same meaning as loosst eis.
Common Mistakes
Putting the infinitive right after eis.
Loosst eis drénken e Kaffi!Loosst eis e Kaffi drénken!The infinitive always goes to the end. Everything else comes between eis and the infinitive.
Using the mir form of the verb instead of the infinitive.
Loosst eis ginn!Loosst eis goen!After loosst eis comes the infinitive. The infinitive of to go is goen. Ginn is the mir form, as in mir ginn, and the infinitive ginn means to give or to become, so Loosst eis ginn! does not mean let's go.
Adding ze before the infinitive.
Loosst eis ze goen!Loosst eis goen!Like a modal verb, loossen takes a bare infinitive without ze.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Before Let's: Loosst eis, learn Commands to Several People or Politely, Object Pronouns (Accusative) and Modal Verb and Infinitive.
Related Patterns
- loossen + InfinitiveLetting and Having Things Done: Loossen
The same verb with an infinitive means to let someone do something or to have something done.
Level 3 - Separable Verbs
A separable verb stays joined at the end: Loosst eis ufänken!
Level 2 - goenTo Go: Goen
Goen is the infinitive to use for let's go, not the mir form ginn.
Level 1
Words in This Pattern
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