German verb · CEFR B2
übergeben
Meaning in English: hand over; be sick (sich)
Example
Er hat mir den Schlüssel persönlich übergeben.
He handed me the key personally.
How common is übergeben?
übergeben is number 2,847 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
übergeben is built from geben (to give).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,843die Kompetenzcompetence, expertise
- 2,844britischenBritish
- 2,845der Podcastpodcast
- 2,846überraschtsurprised
- 2,847übergebenhand over; be sick (sich)
- 2,848Gebietenareas, regions (dative plural)
- 2,849festenfirm, fixed, steady
- 2,850elektronischenelectronic
- 2,851bequemcomfortable, convenient
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