bringen
Meaning in English: to bring, to take
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Kannst du den Müll nach unten bringen?
Can you take the rubbish down?
Forms of bringen 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 bringen are also in the top 5,000:
Wer hat die Kinder zur Schule gebracht?
Who took the children to school?
Der Postbote bringt jeden Morgen die Zeitung.
The postman brings the paper every morning.
Der Kellner brachte uns zwei Kaffee.
The waiter brought us two coffees.
Die Gäste brachten Kuchen und Blumen mit.
The guests brought cake and flowers.
How common is bringen?
bringen is number 442 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 199 times per million words — about once every 5,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 57% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Related words in the list
Words built on bringen:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 438die Bildungeducation; formation
- 439die Höheheight; level, amount
- 440verschiedenevarious, different
- 441der JanuarJanuary
- 442bringento bring, to take
- 443zuvorbefore, previously
- 444liegento lie; to be located
- 445der MittwochWednesday
- 446das Programmprogramme; program
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#442
- The 1,000 most common German words#442
- The 5,000 most common German words#442
- The most common German verbs#93
- German A1 vocabulary#242
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.