Lesung
German, noun[ˈleːzʊŋ]
Lesung is spelled L-E-S-U-N-G (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written German, the 8,702nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lesung is a German feminine noun meaning “reading (incl. poetry, prose, legislative, and liturgical)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “öffentlicher Vortrag eines Textes im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung, eines Gottesdienstes”.
What does Lesung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereading (incl. poetry, prose, legislative, and liturgical)
- 2
femininereading, lection, lesson
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. öffentlicher Vortrag eines Textes im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung, eines Gottesdienstes 2. spezifische Interpretation eines Textes 3. Beratung eines Gesetzes im zuständigen Gremium
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lesung
- Lesungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lesung?
- [ˈleːzʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lesung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lesung in German?
Lesung appears 7.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).