German verb · CEFR B1

auswählen

Meaning in English: to select, to choose

Rank 4,286 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Du darfst dir einen Nachtisch auswählen.

You may choose a dessert.

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

ausgewählt#3,028
selected, chosenB1

Hast du schon ein Geschenk ausgewählt?
Have you picked a present yet?

How common is auswählen?

auswählen is number 4,286 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words. Its most frequent form is ausgewählt (#3,028).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

auswählen is built from wählen (choose; vote; dial).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,282die Rettungrescue, salvation
  2. 4,283kirchlichenchurch (adj.), ecclesiastical
  3. 4,284die Meisterschaftchampionship
  4. 4,285sicherersafer, more certain
  5. 4,286auswählento select, to choose
  6. 4,287wissenschaftlichscientific, academic
  7. 4,288engagiertencommitted, dedicated
  8. 4,289Bewertungenreviews, ratings
  9. 4,290profitiertbenefits, profits

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