German verb · CEFR B2

betrachten

Meaning in English: to look at, to consider

Rank 3,384 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Man muss das Problem von allen Seiten betrachten.

You have to look at the problem from all sides.

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

betrachtet#2,424
looked at, consideredB2

Genau betrachtet ist das gar nicht so schwer.
Looked at closely, it isn't that hard at all.

How common is betrachten?

betrachten is number 3,384 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words. Its most frequent form is betrachtet (#2,424).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,380begrüßento greet, to welcome
  2. 3,381der Fondsfund
  3. 3,382IndienIndia
  4. 3,383versuchtetried
  5. 3,384betrachtento look at, to consider
  6. 3,385einigagreed, in agreement
  7. 3,386günstigcheap, good value, favourable
  8. 3,387die Kontaktdatencontact details
  9. 3,388der Konfliktconflict

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