übernehmen
Meaning in English: take over, take on
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Kannst du am Samstag meine Schicht übernehmen?
Can you take my shift on Saturday?
Forms of übernehmen in the top 5,000
German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of übernehmen are also in the top 5,000:
Wer übernimmt die Kosten für die Reparatur?
Who covers the cost of the repair?
Nach dem Praktikum wurde sie fest übernommen.
After the internship she was taken on permanently.
Nach zwei Stunden übernahm sie das Steuer.
After two hours she took over the wheel.
How common is übernehmen?
übernehmen is number 934 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 95 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Related words in the list
übernehmen is built from nehmen (to take).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 930manchesome, many a
- 931zentralecentral
- 932die Leutepeople
- 933Preiseprices; prizes
- 934übernehmentake over, take on
- 935ebenjust; simply; flat
- 936Auswirkungeneffects, impact
- 937Sinnesense (im Sinne); senses
- 938Voraussetzungenrequirements, prerequisites
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#934
- The 5,000 most common German words#934
- The most common German verbs#199
- German B1 vocabulary#243
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.