ortPlayVerb 29 of 100 · Irregular · Perfekt with haben
Lesen conjugation.
lesen means “read”.
liest · las · hat gelesen
The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.
| Person | Present | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | lese | las | habe gelesen |
| du | liest | lasest | hast gelesen |
| er/sie/es | liest | las | hat gelesen |
| wir | lesen | lasen | haben gelesen |
| ihr | lest | last | habt gelesen |
| sie/Sie | lesen | lasen | haben gelesen |
In sentences
Lesen in use.
The 5 sentences the course uses for lesen, each with its recording.
Das Buch haben wir in der Schule gelesen.
We read the book at school.
Was liest du gerade?
What are you reading right now?
Sie liest ein gutes Buch.
She is reading a good book.
Ich habe erst zehn Seiten gelesen.
I have read only ten pages so far.
Ich lese jeden Abend.
I read every evening.
Continue in the course
Add lessons and scheduled reviews.
In the course, you learn lesen in a lesson, review it on a schedule, and practice its forms once you know it.
The forms and sentences come from the Wortplay course. Its vocabulary draws on the Ding dictionary and on frequency data from wordfreq; audio is generated German speech. About the sources.