German verb · CEFR B2
betont
Meaning in English: emphasised, stressed
This is a form of betonen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are betonte.
Example
Bei diesem Wort wird die erste Silbe betont.
In this word the first syllable is stressed.
How common is betont?
betont is number 1,254 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 73 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
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