Polyglot Dictionary

Lektüre

/lɛkˈtyːʁə/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Lektüren

Meaning

  1. reading material, reading (a text one is reading)

    • Das Buch war eine spannende Lektüre.

      The book was an exciting read.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Lesung

Worth distinguishing: Lektüre is material one reads privately; Lesung is a public reading event.

Practice

1 What does Lektüre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Buch war eine spannende ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Lektüre?

noun

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