lesen
to read
- Past (Präteritum)
- las
- Past participle
- gelesen (haben)
*du liest, er liest*, imperative *lies!* *Zeitung / Buch lesen*. *Das liest sich gut* (= That reads well).
Conjugation
Present
- les
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- lest
- form-of, plural, present, second-person
- liest
- present, singular, third-person
- lese
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- lesen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
Past
- last
- form-of, preterite, second-person, singular
- las
- first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person
- lasen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- lasest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
Subjunctive
- läse
- past, subjunctive
- lese
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lesen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lesest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- leset
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- läsen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- läsest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- läst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- läset
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gelesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gelesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gelesen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gelesen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gelesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gelesen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gelesen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gelesen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde lesen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden lesen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest lesen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet lesen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde lesen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden lesen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest lesen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet lesen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gelesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gelesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gelesen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gelesen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gelesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- lies
- form-of, imperative, singular
- les
- colloquial, form-of, imperative, singular
- lest
- form-of, imperative, plural
Participle
- gelesen
- participle, past
- lesend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- lesen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gelesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gelesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gelesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gelesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gelesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gelesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gelesen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gelesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gelesen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- lesen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde lesen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden lesen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst lesen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet lesen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird lesen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gelesen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gelesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gelesen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gelesen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gelesen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gelesen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Leser
- agent, form-of, masculine, strong
- Lesen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
Prefixed forms (6)
- vorlesen (separable)
to read aloud
Lies mir bitte eine Geschichte vor. — Please read me a story.
- nachlesen (separable)
to look up / read up
Das kannst du im Buch nachlesen. — You can look that up in the book.
- mitlesen (separable)
to read along
Lies bitte mit. — Please read along.
- durchlesen (separable)
to read through
Lies den Vertrag bitte durch. — Please read through the contract.
- überlesen (inseparable)
to overlook while reading
Ich habe den Fehler überlesen. — I missed the mistake while reading.
- verlesen (inseparable)
to misread
Ich habe mich verlesen. — I misread.