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German verb · CEFR B2

darstellen

Meaning in English: to represent, to depict

Rank 2,975 of 5,000verbLevel B23 forms in the list
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Example

Was soll dieses Bild eigentlich darstellen?

What is this picture actually supposed to show?

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

dargestellt#2,145
shown, depicted, portrayedB2

Auf dem Bild ist ein Hafen dargestellt.
The picture shows a harbour.

darstellt#4,318
represents, depictsB2

Weißt du, was das Bild darstellt?
Do you know what the picture shows?

How common is darstellen?

darstellen is number 2,975 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words. Its most frequent form is dargestellt (#2,145).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

darstellen is built from stellen (to put, to place (upright)).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,971die Bereitstellungprovision, supply
  2. 2,972starbdied
  3. 2,973die Kleidungclothes, clothing
  4. 2,974Beamtecivil servant(s), officer(s)
  5. 2,975darstellento represent, to depict
  6. 2,976schautlooks, watches
  7. 2,977der Traumdream
  8. 2,978erkanntrecognised, realised
  9. 2,979relevantenrelevant

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