beschäftigen
Meaning in English: to occupy, to employ
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Die Frage wird uns noch lange beschäftigen.
The question will occupy us for a long time.
Forms of beschäftigen 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 beschäftigen are also in the top 5,000:
Ich bin gerade sehr beschäftigt, ruf später an.
I'm very busy right now, call later.
How common is beschäftigen?
beschäftigen is number 1,999 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 46 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words. Its most frequent form is beschäftigt (#1,137).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 1,995der Zugriffaccess
- 1,996gezogenpulled, moved (past participle)
- 1,997verfolgtfollowed, pursued, persecuted
- 1,998Prozesseprocesses, trials
- 1,999beschäftigento occupy, to employ
- 2,000Kontaktecontacts
- 2,001der Sitzseat, headquarters
- 2,002hinsichtlichregarding, with respect to
- 2,003gewährleistento ensure, to guarantee
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