German verb · CEFR B2
auftreten
Meaning in English: to occur; to perform
Example
Bei diesem Mittel können Nebenwirkungen auftreten.
Side effects may occur with this medicine.
How common is auftreten?
auftreten is number 1,940 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 47 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
auftreten is built from treten (to step, to kick).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,936praktischepractical
- 1,937die Gemeinschaftcommunity
- 1,938Untersuchungenexaminations, investigations
- 1,939zugänglichaccessible
- 1,940auftretento occur; to perform
- 1,941der Nachmittagafternoon
- 1,942die Ruhequiet, peace, rest
- 1,943gewannwon
- 1,944wissenschaftlichescientific, academic
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