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German verb · CEFR B2

aufgefordert

Meaning in English: asked, called upon

Rank 3,199 of 5,000verbLevel B2

This is a form of auffordern, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Die Gäste wurden aufgefordert, das Gebäude zu verlassen.

The guests were asked to leave the building.

How common is aufgefordert?

aufgefordert is number 3,199 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 37,000 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

  1. 3,195die Laufzeitterm, duration; running time
  2. 3,196Besuchernvisitors (dative plural)
  3. 3,197das Verbotban, prohibition
  4. 3,198der Durchschnittaverage
  5. 3,199aufgefordertasked, called upon
  6. 3,200der Gewinnerwinner
  7. 3,201aufeinanderon/to each other
  8. 3,202Maschinenmachines
  9. 3,203der Sender(TV/radio) station, channel

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