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Is it der, die oder das Lesen?

DAS

The correct article in German of Lesen is das. So it is das Lesen! (nominative case)

The word Lesen is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

  • for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);

  • for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);

  • for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Lesen?

How does the declension of Lesen work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1 Singular Plural
Nominative das Lesen
Genitive des Lesens
Dative dem Lesen
Akkusative das Lesen

What is the meaning of Lesen in German?

Lesen is defined as:

[1] A person act to take a written text mentally

[1] Handlung einer Person, einen schriftlich verfassten Text gedanklich aufzunehmen

How to use Lesen in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Lesen with translations in English.

[1] „Mich fasziniert zum Beispiel, dass wir lesen können, obwohl die Evolution unser Hirn nicht darauf hingetrimmt hat; das Lesen ist erst vor etwa 5000 Jahren erfunden worden.“

[1] "I am fascinated, for example, that we can read, although the evolution does not strain our brain on it.

[1] „Ja, das Schreiben und das Lesen

[1] “Yes, writing and reading

ist nie mein Sach’ gewesen,

Did never have been my fact

denn schon von Kindesbeinen

Because already from childhood legs

befasst ich mich mit Schweinen;

I deal with pig people

auch war ich nie ein Dichter

I was never a poet either

Potzdonnerwetter Paraplui,

Potzdonner weather paraplui,

nur immer Schweinezüchter,

just always pig breeders,

poetisch war ich nie!“

I was never poetic "

How do you pronounce Lesen?

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