German verb · CEFR B2
benannt
Meaning in English: named
This is a form of benennen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Die Straße wurde nach einer Ärztin benannt.
The street was named after a doctor.
How common is benannt?
benannt is number 4,342 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 53,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,338bedientserved, operated
- 4,339das Geschlechtgender, sex
- 4,340die Akzeptanzacceptance
- 4,341durchsetzento enforce, to assert (oneself)
- 4,342benanntnamed
- 4,343der Lkwtruck, lorry
- 4,344Besonderheitenspecial features, peculiarities
- 4,345die Abspracheagreement, arrangement
- 4,346zwischenzeitlichin the meantime, temporarily
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,342
- The most common German verbs#1,095
- German B2 vocabulary#1,034
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