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German verb · CEFR B2

begründet

Meaning in English: justified, gave reasons for; founded

Rank 3,395 of 5,000verbLevel B2

This is a form of begründen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Er hat seine Entscheidung gut begründet.

He gave good reasons for his decision.

How common is begründet?

begründet is number 3,395 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

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  5. 3,395begründetjustified, gave reasons for; founded
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