bleiben
Meaning in English: to stay, to remain
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Wie lange bleiben Sie in Hamburg?
How long are you staying in Hamburg?
Forms of bleiben 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 bleiben are also in the top 5,000:
Meine Schwester bleibt heute zu Hause.
My sister is staying at home today.
Wegen des Regens blieb sie den ganzen Tag zu Hause.
Because of the rain she stayed at home all day.
Wir sind am Sonntag zu Hause geblieben.
We stayed at home on Sunday.
Wegen des Regens blieben wir im Hotel.
Because of the rain we stayed in the hotel.
Heute bleibe ich zu Hause.
I'm staying at home today.
How common is bleiben?
bleiben is number 337 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 254 times per million words — about once every 3,900 words. Its most frequent form is bleibt (#327).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 55% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- The 500 most common German words#337
- The 1,000 most common German words#337
- The 5,000 most common German words#337
- The most common German verbs#70
- German A1 vocabulary#195
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.