lästern

B1

to bad-mouth, to gossip meanly

English meaning
to bad-mouth, to gossip meanly
Vocabulary package
Gossip & Rumours

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lästern in a sentence

Sie lästern gern über ihre Kollegen.

They like to bad-mouth their colleagues.

Conjugation of lästern

ichlästere
dulästerst
er/sie/eser/sie/es lästert
wirlästern
ihrlästert
sie/Sielästern
Simple past (er/sie/es)
lästerte
Perfect
hat gelästert

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Questions about lästern

How do you conjugate lästern?

Present tense: ich lästere, du lästerst, er/sie/es lästert, wir lästern, ihr lästert, sie lästern. Simple past: lästerte. Perfect: hat gelästert.

What does lästern mean in English?

lästern means "to bad-mouth, to gossip meanly". For example: "Sie lästern gern über ihre Kollegen." — "They like to bad-mouth their colleagues."

What level is lästern in German?

lästern is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the gossip & rumours vocabulary.

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