lesen.
to read (to look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
Meaning & usage
to read (to look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
Er kann nicht lesen.
Ich lese gerne Autobiographien.
to read (to give off a certain impression while being read; of a text)
Das liest sich fast wie ein Abenteuerroman.
to select and gather or harvest (grapes, etc.)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German lësen, from Old High German lësan, from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with English lease (“to gather”) [with an obsolete meaning], cognate with Low German lesen (“to read”), Dutch lezen (“to read”), Afrikaans lees (“to read”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.