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German verb · CEFR B1

beantragen

Meaning in English: to apply for

Rank 2,220 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Ich muss einen neuen Reisepass beantragen.

I need to apply for a new passport.

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

beantragt#2,686
applied forB1

Ich habe einen neuen Pass beantragt.
I've applied for a new passport.

How common is beantragen?

beantragen is number 2,220 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 41 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words.

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.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,216das Verhältnisrelationship; ratio, proportion
  2. 2,217der Betreiberoperator(s)
  3. 2,218gewinntwins, gains
  4. 2,219Männernmen (dative plural)
  5. 2,220beantragento apply for
  6. 2,221zusätzlichenadditional, extra (inflected)
  7. 2,222schriftlichin writing, written
  8. 2,223anmeldento register, to sign up
  9. 2,224die Küchekitchen; cuisine

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