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German verb · CEFR C1

bewältigen

Meaning in English: to cope with, to manage

Rank 3,310 of 5,000verbLevel C1
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Example

Allein kann sie die Arbeit kaum bewältigen.

She can hardly cope with the work on her own.

How common is bewältigen?

bewältigen is number 3,310 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,306versorgento supply, to look after
  2. 3,307die Trennungseparation, break-up
  3. 3,308der Oberbürgermeister(lord) mayor
  4. 3,309Absolventengraduates
  5. 3,310bewältigento cope with, to manage
  6. 3,311Bewerbungenapplications
  7. 3,312Berufeprofessions, jobs
  8. 3,313erarbeitento work out, to develop
  9. 3,314die Speicherungstorage, saving

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