German verb · CEFR C1
begeben
Meaning in English: to go, to proceed (sich begeben)
Example
Bitte begeben Sie sich zum Ausgang.
Please proceed to the exit.
How common is begeben?
begeben is number 4,963 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 63,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 79% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,959dualendual (e.g. work-study)
- 4,960installierento install
- 4,961der Supermarktsupermarket
- 4,962erfährtlearns, finds out; experiences
- 4,963begebento go, to proceed (sich begeben)
- 4,964seltenermore rarely, less often
- 4,965Zutateningredients
- 4,966gestopptstopped
- 4,967die Schaffungcreation
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