German verb · CEFR B1
brach
Meaning in English: broke (past tense)
This is a form of brechen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Beim Skifahren brach er sich das Bein.
He broke his leg while skiing.
How common is brach?
brach is number 4,737 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,733die Konzentrationconcentration
- 4,734informierteinformed (past tense)
- 4,735überlassento leave (to sb), to hand over
- 4,736persönlichespersonal
- 4,737brachbroke (past tense)
- 4,738gescheitertfailed
- 4,739der Motorengine, motor
- 4,740Werkenworks (dative plural), plants
- 4,741Stiftungenfoundations (charitable)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,737
- The most common German verbs#1,185
- German B1 vocabulary#1,542
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.