German verb · CEFR B1

aufnehmen

Meaning in English: to record; to take in, to admit

Rank 2,303 of 5,000verbLevel B13 forms in the list
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Example

Wir wollen ein Video für Oma aufnehmen.

We want to record a video for Grandma.

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

aufgenommen#1,022
recorded, taken in, admittedB1

Die Band hat ein neues Album aufgenommen.
The band has recorded a new album.

aufzunehmen#3,934
to take in, to record (zu-inf.)B1

Wir haben beschlossen, eine Katze aufzunehmen.
We've decided to take in a cat.

How common is aufnehmen?

aufnehmen is number 2,303 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words. Its most frequent form is aufgenommen (#1,022).

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.

Related words in the list

aufnehmen is built from nehmen (to take).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,299weisento point, to show; to refer
  2. 2,300älterenolder, elderly (inflected)
  3. 2,301überprüfento check, to verify
  4. 2,302besitztowns, possesses
  5. 2,303aufnehmento record; to take in, to admit
  6. 2,304die Vorstellungidea, notion; performance; introduction
  7. 2,305stiegclimbed, rose; got (on/off)
  8. 2,306der Beschlussdecision, resolution
  9. 2,307erarbeitetworked out, developed

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