German verb · CEFR B2
bewahren
Meaning in English: to keep, to preserve
Example
Bitte bewahren Sie Ruhe!
Please stay calm!
How common is bewahren?
bewahren is number 4,048 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,044entspanntrelaxed
- 4,045hinterlassento leave (behind)
- 4,046behauptetclaims, claimed
- 4,047starkerstrong
- 4,048bewahrento keep, to preserve
- 4,049das Ticketticket
- 4,050Angelegenheitenmatters, affairs
- 4,051geschätztvalued, estimated
- 4,052der Verteidigerdefender, defence lawyer
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