German verb · CEFR B2
bezeichnete
Meaning in English: called, described (as)
This is a form of bezeichnen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are bezeichnet.
Example
Er bezeichnete den Film als Meisterwerk.
He called the film a masterpiece.
How common is bezeichnete?
bezeichnete is number 3,620 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.
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.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,616der Erwerbacquisition, purchase
- 3,617vorliegendenpresent, available, at hand
- 3,618die Hinsichtrespect, regard
- 3,619der Radfahrercyclist
- 3,620bezeichnetecalled, described (as)
- 3,621halbehalf
- 3,622gebildetformed; educated
- 3,623die Pressepress
- 3,624einbringento contribute, to bring in
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.