German verb · CEFR B1

aktivieren

Meaning in English: to activate, to enable

Rank 2,967 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Du musst zuerst dein Konto aktivieren.

You need to activate your account first.

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

aktiviert#4,260
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Hast du die neue Karte schon aktiviert?
Have you activated the new card yet?

How common is aktivieren?

aktivieren is number 2,967 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 30 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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. 2,963zahltpays
  2. 2,964die Freundingirlfriend, (female) friend
  3. 2,965rechtlichelegal
  4. 2,966der Abschnittsection, stage, passage
  5. 2,967aktivierento activate, to enable
  6. 2,968benutzento use
  7. 2,969bedrohtthreatened, endangered
  8. 2,970die Aufklärungclarification, education, Enlightenment
  9. 2,971die Bereitstellungprovision, supply

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