German VERB B1 Rank 16940

mitlesen

to read along / lurk

mitlesen – las mit – hat mitgelesen

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry mitlesen, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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mitlesen vs lesen

to read

Lesen generally means reading posts or a text here. Mitlesen additionally indicates that you are following other people's posts without actively participating yourself. Use lesen for your own reading and mitlesen when passive participation in a shared digital conversation is important.

Visual example for lesen
mitlesen

Ich lese im Gruppenchat nur mit und schreibe selbst nichts.

I’m just reading along in the group chat and not writing anything myself.

lesen

Ich lese die Nachrichten im Gruppenchat und beantworte eine davon.

I’m reading the messages in the group chat and replying to one of them.

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