German verb · CEFR B1

überzeugen

Meaning in English: to convince, to persuade

Rank 2,265 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Du kannst mich nicht überzeugen.

You can't convince me.

Forms of überzeugen 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 überzeugen are also in the top 5,000:

überzeugt#1,359
convincedB1

Ich bin überzeugt, dass du das schaffst.
I'm convinced you'll manage it.

How common is überzeugen?

überzeugen is number 2,265 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 40 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words. Its most frequent form is überzeugt (#1,359).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,261der Musikermusician(s)
  2. 2,262beteiligento take part; to involve
  3. 2,263rotered (inflected)
  4. 2,264die Orientierungorientation, guidance
  5. 2,265überzeugento convince, to persuade
  6. 2,266die Verordnungregulation, ordinance; prescription
  7. 2,267das Einkommenincome
  8. 2,268die Informatikcomputer science
  9. 2,269die Hautskin

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