befinden
Meaning in English: (sich) be located
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Die Toiletten befinden sich im Keller.
The toilets are in the basement.
Forms of befinden 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 befinden are also in the top 5,000:
Der Eingang befindet sich auf der Rückseite.
The entrance is at the back.
Das Hotel befand sich direkt am Strand.
The hotel was right on the beach.
How common is befinden?
befinden is number 961 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 93 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words. Its most frequent form is befindet (#762).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% 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
- 957die Kommunikationcommunication
- 958handelnact; trade; (sich um) be about
- 959das Gesetzlaw
- 960die Organisationorganization
- 961befinden(sich) be located
- 962erhältreceives, gets
- 963tätigworking (as), active
- 964der Druckpressure; print
- 965die Reiherow, series; turn
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#961
- The 5,000 most common German words#961
- The most common German verbs#207
- German B1 vocabulary#256
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.