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lesen: to read — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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lesen

to read

to read written text

IPA/ˈleːzn̩/

Primary stress is marked in IPA.

lesen: to read

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to read written text

Ich lese abends ein Buch.

Liest du bitte die Nachricht?

Wir haben den Text im Kurs gelesen.

The third-person form is liest, not lest; lest is the ihr imperative/present form.

ein Buch lesen — to read a bookeine Nachricht lesen — to read a message

Er lest die Zeitung.

Er liest die Zeitung.

er/sie/es takes liest.

Remember the irregular forms: er liest, er las, er hat gelesen.

Choose one answer.

Which form is correct?

lesen is irregular: liest, las, gelesen. The text read is accusative.