Feminine

Lektion

Meaning

  1. (feminine) lesson (chapter of a textbook, section into which a course is divided)
  2. (Switzerland, feminine) synonym of Unterrichtsstunde, Schulstunde (“lesson as a temporal unit of learning”)
  3. (feminine, figuratively) lesson, something one has learnt in life
  4. (archaic, feminine) synonym of Lesung (“reading, Bible reading”)

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

lektion

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lectiōn (13th c.), relatinized form of older lecze, letze, from Old High German lekza (9th c.), a borrowing from Latin lēctiō. Compare Dutch les, Swedish läxa.

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