German verb · CEFR B2
übertragen
Meaning in English: to broadcast, to transfer
Example
Das Konzert wird im Radio übertragen.
The concert is being broadcast on the radio.
How common is übertragen?
übertragen is number 1,289 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 71 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
übertragen is built from tragen (carry, wear).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,285schnellerfaster, quicker
- 1,286Funktionenfunctions, features
- 1,287livelive
- 1,288tretento step, to kick
- 1,289übertragento broadcast, to transfer
- 1,290anderesother, something else
- 1,291die Staatsanwaltschaftpublic prosecutor's office
- 1,292das Gerätdevice, appliance
- 1,293untenbelow, downstairs
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