German verb · CEFR B1

abschließen

Meaning in English: to complete, to conclude; to lock

Rank 4,854 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Ich will erst mein Studium abschließen.

I want to finish my degree first.

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

abgeschlossen#1,193
completed, lockedB1

Hast du die Haustür abgeschlossen?
Did you lock the front door?

How common is abschließen?

abschließen is number 4,854 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words. Its most frequent form is abgeschlossen (#1,193).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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. 4,850Drohnendrones
  2. 4,851erfolgreichermore successful; successful
  3. 4,852die Apothekepharmacy, chemist's
  4. 4,853amerikanischeAmerican
  5. 4,854abschließento complete, to conclude; to lock
  6. 4,855der Nationalspielerinternational (player)
  7. 4,856das Förderprogrammfunding programme
  8. 4,857der Rasenlawn, grass
  9. 4,858täglichedaily

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