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German verb · CEFR B1

überlegen

Meaning in English: to consider, to think about

Rank 3,227 of 5,000verbLevel B1
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Example

Ich muss mir das noch überlegen.

I still need to think about it.

How common is überlegen?

überlegen is number 3,227 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 38,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

überlegen is built from legen (to lay, to put).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,223Restaurantsrestaurants
  2. 3,224virtuellenvirtual
  3. 3,225der Klickclick
  4. 3,226veröffentlichento publish
  5. 3,227überlegento consider, to think about
  6. 3,228Nutzernusers (dative plural)
  7. 3,229der Eingangentrance, entry
  8. 3,230unverzüglichimmediately, without delay
  9. 3,231hoffe(I) hope

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