German verb · CEFR A1

bezahlen

Meaning in English: to pay

Rank 1,820 of 5,000verbLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Kann ich mit Karte bezahlen?

Can I pay by card?

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

bezahlt#2,446
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Hast du die Rechnung schon bezahlt?
Have you paid the bill yet?

How common is bezahlen?

bezahlen is number 1,820 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. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,816die Beteiligungparticipation, involvement, stake
  2. 1,817der Klimawandelclimate change
  3. 1,818gegangengone, walked
  4. 1,819Textetexts, lyrics
  5. 1,820bezahlento pay
  6. 1,821gearbeitetworked
  7. 1,822entstandarose, came into being
  8. 1,823höherenhigher
  9. 1,824geprüftchecked, tested

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