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German verb · CEFR A1

brauchen

Meaning in English: need

Rank 713 of 5,000verbLevel A14 forms in the list
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Example

Wir brauchen noch Milch und Brot.

We still need milk and bread.

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

braucht#618
needsA1

Das Kind braucht eine neue Jacke.
The child needs a new jacket.

brauche#2,611
(I) needA1

Ich brauche dringend einen Kaffee.
I urgently need a coffee.

gebraucht#3,437
needed; used, second-handA2

Wir haben den ganzen Tag dafür gebraucht.
It took us the whole day.

How common is brauchen?

brauchen is number 713 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 127 times per million words — about once every 7,900 words. Its most frequent form is braucht (#618).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% 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. 709das Gesprächconversation, talk
  2. 710alteold
  3. 711obenabove, upstairs, at the top
  4. 712Bereichenareas, fields (dative plural)
  5. 713brauchenneed
  6. 714die Beratungadvice, consultation
  7. 715die Kirchechurch
  8. 716lesenread
  9. 717fandfound; thought (opinion)

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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.