Etymology

lessing

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Lessing
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  1. German · borrowed fromLessing
  2. English todayLessing

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

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