Noun
die Lesart
Pronunciation: /ˈleːsˌaːrt/
reading, interpretation (of a text or of events)
C2
rank #10,763
plural Lesarten
Meanings
Noun
- reading, interpretation (of a text or of events)
- textual variant, version (any of the ways a phrase has been recorded in different manuscripts of the same text)
- reading, way of deciphering an ambiguous text (e.g. one lacking diacritics or in an obscure script)
Example sentence
Diese Lesart der Ereignisse teile ich nicht.
I don't share this reading of events.
Word forms
singular
die Lesart
plural
die Lesarten
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Lesart
Accusativedie Lesart
Dativeder Lesart
Genitiveder Lesart
Plural
Nominativedie Lesarten
Accusativedie Lesarten
Dativeden Lesarten
Genitiveder Lesarten
Usage
- eine mögliche Lesart — One possible reading or interpretation.
- Lesart / Lesen — An interpretation of a text versus the act of reading.
Ihre Lesart des Gedichts unterschied sich deutlich von meiner.
Her interpretation of the poem differed considerably from mine.