The German word for to read is
lesen
German Definition
| read | |
| Verb: | |
| [1] lesen | |
| [2] vorlesen | |
| [3] Vorlesungen hören | |
| [4] hören und verstehen | |
| [5] erfassen, messen und zeigen | |
| [1] I will read this book. | |
| Ich werde dieses Buch lesen. | |
| [1, 2] I can read and read out loud, so that I can read you this book. | |
| Ich kann lesen und laut vorlesen, sodass ich dir dieses Buch vorlesen kann. | |
| [2] "The voice continued, reading the second, and altogether stranger, part of the poem …" | |
| Die Stimme fuhr fort, den zweiten, und insgesamt merkwürdigeren, Teil des Gedichtes vorzulesen … | |
| [3] He read Physics in Cambridge. | |
| Er hörte Physik in Cambridge. | |
| [4] Can you read me? | |
| Können Sie mich verstehen? | |
| [5] The thermometer reads 30 degrees outside. | |
| Das Thermometer erfasst draußen 30 Grad. |
Translations for read and their definitions
| Lesen |  | ||
| n. (gerund of lesen); reading | |||
| v. to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data) | |||
| v. to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes) | |||
| studieren | ||
| v. to study at university or college level; to be a student (of) | ||
| Sie studiert Chemie. - She studies chemistry. | ||
| Seit wann studierst du? - For how long have you been a student? | ||
| v. to study scientifically; to research; to perform a study on | ||
| Er studiert den Nestbau der Ameisen. - He studies the nest building of ants. | ||
| v. to look at minutely; to study; to peruse; to analyse | ||
| Sie studierte seinen Brief. - She studied his letter. | ||
| Er studierte ihren Gesichtsausdruck. - He studied her facial expression. | ||
| Vorlesen | ||
| n. gerund of vorlesen | ||
| v. (ditransitive) to read (aloud) | ||
| Ich habe ihm täglich das Buch vorgelesen. - I read the book aloud to him daily. | ||
| Hören | © | ||
| n. hearing | |||
| v. to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear) | |||
| v. to listen to, pay attention to (to give (someone) one's attention) | |||
| v. to attend, to go to, to sit in on | |||
| v. to get, to receive | |||
| v. to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction) | |||
| Du musst auf deine Eltern hören. - You have to listen to your parents. | |||
| v. to hear (to receive information; to come to learn) | |||
| v. to hear (to be contacted (by)) | |||
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