lezing

Dutch

From Middle Dutch lesinge. Equivalent to lezen +‎ ing.

lezing f (plural lezingen, diminutive lezinkje n)

The act of reading.
Wat mij bij lezing trof, is dat ik hier geen woord van begrijp.
What struck me when reading, is that I do not understand a word of this.
A lecture.
Hij gaat graag naar lezingen van die docent.
He gladly goes to lectures by that instructor.
A reading of a text, a passage that is read.
De lezing was vandaag uit een dichtwerk.
The reading today was from a work of poetry.
A reading, an attested or proposed variant of a section of text.
De alternatieve lezing is waarschijnlijk zeer late, maar blijft lastig verklaarbaar.
The alternative reading is probably very late, but it remains difficult to explain.
(law) A reading, a stage of legislative treatment of a law proposal.
Bij de tweede lezing was er geen meerderheid meer.
There wasn't a majority anymore at the second reading.

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