betreffen
Meaning in English: to affect, to concern
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Die neuen Regeln betreffen alle Mitarbeiter.
The new rules affect all employees.
Forms of betreffen 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 betreffen are also in the top 5,000:
Was mich betrifft, bin ich einverstanden.
As far as I'm concerned, I agree.
How common is betreffen?
betreffen is number 3,549 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 42,000 words. Its most frequent form is betrifft (#1,828).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on betreffen:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,545die Tabelletable, chart; league table
- 3,546zeitnahpromptly, soon
- 3,547aufbauento set up, to build up
- 3,548musikalischemusical
- 3,549betreffento affect, to concern
- 3,550die Klagelawsuit; complaint
- 3,551Variantenvariants, versions
- 3,552bezogenmoved into; related (to); covered
- 3,553die Begeisterungenthusiasm, excitement
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