German verb · CEFR B2
antreten
Meaning in English: to start (a job), to compete, to line up
Example
Morgen muss sie ihre neue Stelle antreten.
Tomorrow she has to start her new job.
How common is antreten?
antreten is number 3,356 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,352wirtschaftlicheconomic(ally)
- 3,353Stationenstations, stops; stages
- 3,354gegenseitigmutual(ly), each other
- 3,355angemeldetregistered, signed up
- 3,356antretento start (a job), to compete, to line up
- 3,357langjährigelong-standing, long-time
- 3,358veröffentlichtenpublished (past tense, plural)
- 3,359Dateienfiles
- 3,360Starsstars, celebrities
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