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German verb · CEFR B1

bearbeiten

Meaning in English: to process, to edit, to work on

Rank 3,151 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Mit dieser App kannst du Fotos bearbeiten.

You can edit photos with this app.

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

bearbeitet#3,131
processed, edited, dealt withB1

Ihr Antrag wird gerade bearbeitet.
Your application is being processed.

How common is bearbeiten?

bearbeiten is number 3,151 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words. Its most frequent form is bearbeitet (#3,131).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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. 3,147kontrolliertchecked, controlled
  2. 3,148versprechento promise
  3. 3,149entnehmento take (from), to gather (from)
  4. 3,150steckento put, to stick; to be (stuck)
  5. 3,151bearbeitento process, to edit, to work on
  6. 3,152definiertdefined
  7. 3,153Projektesof the project (genitive)
  8. 3,154der Wählervoter(s)
  9. 3,155die Präsenzpresence

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