die Literatur

1. 1

   literature — written works collectively, often about a certain topic, in a certain language etc.

   • Tom liest gerne englische Literatur.

     Tom likes reading English literature.

     Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR

   • Er liest gerne englische Literatur.

     He likes reading English literature.

     Tatoeba · wolfgangth · CC BY 2.0 FR

2. 2

   semantic narrowings in various contexts; written fiction and poetry, especially that deemed of high cultural value

3. 3

   semantic narrowings in various contexts; the works consulted by an author, especially a scientist, as resources for a given textrare

Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.