German verb · CEFR B1

beenden

Meaning in English: to end, to finish

Rank 3,135 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
Learn this word

Add beenden and its 1 form to your reviews. Progress stays in this browser.

Test my vocabulary

Example

Wir sollten das Gespräch jetzt beenden.

We should end the conversation now.

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

beendet#1,858
finished, endedB1

Sie hat ihr Studium letztes Jahr beendet.
She finished her degree last year.

How common is beenden?

beenden is number 3,135 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words. Its most frequent form is beendet (#1,858).

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. 3,131bearbeitetprocessed, edited, dealt with
  2. 3,132der Aufenthaltstay
  3. 3,133eröffnento open (up)
  4. 3,134wiederholtrepeated(ly); repeats
  5. 3,135beendento end, to finish
  6. 3,136Patientinnen(female) patients
  7. 3,137gewissencertain (inflected)
  8. 3,138der Ermittlerinvestigator(s)
  9. 3,139Medikamentemedicines, medication

In these word lists

Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.