German verb · CEFR C1
bergen
Meaning in English: to recover, to rescue; to hold (risks)
Example
Solche Diäten bergen gesundheitliche Risiken.
Diets like that carry health risks.
How common is bergen?
bergen is number 4,599 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,595der Stofffabric, material; substance
- 4,596das Ehrenamtvoluntary work, honorary post
- 4,597bundesweitenationwide
- 4,598der Bauerfarmer
- 4,599bergento recover, to rescue; to hold (risks)
- 4,600die Tagungconference, meeting
- 4,601der Einbruchburglary; collapse, onset
- 4,602die Krankenversicherunghealth insurance
- 4,603die Verfügbarkeitavailability
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