beschreiben
Meaning in English: to describe
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Kannst du den Mann genauer beschreiben?
Can you describe the man in more detail?
Forms of beschreiben 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 beschreiben are also in the top 5,000:
Das Buch beschreibt das Leben auf dem Land.
The book describes life in the countryside.
Sie hat den Weg sehr gut beschrieben.
She described the way very well.
How common is beschreiben?
beschreiben is number 3,458 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words. Its most frequent form is beschreibt (#2,411).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,454namensnamed, called
- 3,455angegriffenattacked
- 3,456die Mischungmixture, mix
- 3,457mehrmalsseveral times, repeatedly
- 3,458beschreibento describe
- 3,459bundesweitennationwide (across Germany)
- 3,460Abgeordnetenmembers of parliament, MPs
- 3,461betretento enter, to step onto
- 3,462das Gesundheitswesenhealth care system
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.