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German verb · CEFR A2

beantworten

Meaning in English: to answer

Rank 2,085 of 5,000verbLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du mir eine Frage beantworten?

Can you answer a question for me?

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

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Hast du seine Mail schon beantwortet?
Have you answered his email yet?

How common is beantworten?

beantworten is number 2,085 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 44 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,081der Freundfriend, boyfriend
  2. 2,082verlängertextended, renewed
  3. 2,083die Flächearea, surface
  4. 2,084der Frankenfranc(s) (Swiss currency)
  5. 2,085beantwortento answer
  6. 2,086der GottGod, god
  7. 2,087Behinderungendisabilities; obstructions
  8. 2,088wichtigstemost important
  9. 2,089wirtschaftlicheeconomic (inflected)

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