German verb · CEFR A1

bestellen

Meaning in English: order, book

Rank 2,472 of 5,000verbLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Wollen wir heute Abend eine Pizza bestellen?

Shall we order a pizza tonight?

Forms of bestellen 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 bestellen are also in the top 5,000:

bestellt#2,737
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Ich habe das Buch online bestellt.
I ordered the book online.

How common is bestellen?

bestellen is number 2,472 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,468die Bearbeitungprocessing, editing
  2. 2,469der Gemeinderattown council, councillor
  3. 2,470wächstgrows
  4. 2,471der Nachfolgersuccessor
  5. 2,472bestellenorder, book
  6. 2,473Inhaltencontents (dative plural)
  7. 2,474der Schauspieleractor
  8. 2,475freue(I) am glad, look forward (sich)
  9. 2,476freiwilligenvoluntary, volunteer

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