German verb · CEFR B2

beziehen

Meaning in English: to refer to; to receive; to move into

Rank 2,144 of 5,000verbLevel B23 forms in the list
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Example

Worauf beziehen Sie sich genau?

What exactly are you referring to?

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

bezieht#2,995
refers, obtains, receivesB2

Worauf bezieht sich deine Frage genau?
What exactly does your question refer to?

bezogen#3,552
moved into; related (to); coveredB2

Letzte Woche haben wir die neue Wohnung bezogen.
Last week we moved into the new flat.

How common is beziehen?

beziehen is number 2,144 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 43 times per million words — about once every 24,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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

  1. 2,140wechselnto change, to switch
  2. 2,141selbermyself, yourself etc. (colloquial)
  3. 2,142erstesfirst (inflected)
  4. 2,143erwerbento acquire, to purchase
  5. 2,144beziehento refer to; to receive; to move into
  6. 2,145dargestelltshown, depicted, portrayed
  7. 2,146die Medizinmedicine
  8. 2,147interessiertinterested; interests
  9. 2,148die Kategoriecategory

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