German verb · CEFR A2

bewegen

Meaning in English: to move

Rank 1,838 of 5,000verbLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Du solltest dich mehr bewegen.

You should get more exercise.

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

bewegt#2,494
moved, movesB1

Der Film hat mich sehr bewegt.
The film moved me a lot.

How common is bewegen?

bewegen is number 1,838 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 50 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,834die TürkeiTurkey
  2. 1,835nähercloser, nearer; more closely
  3. 1,836bestehendenexisting
  4. 1,837besonderesspecial, particular
  5. 1,838bewegento move
  6. 1,839zogpulled, moved
  7. 1,840das Geländegrounds, site, terrain
  8. 1,841sahsaw, looked
  9. 1,842größerbigger, taller

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