einsetzen
Meaning in English: to use, to deploy; to stand up for
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Sie will sich für mehr Radwege einsetzen.
She wants to campaign for more cycle paths.
Forms of einsetzen 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 einsetzen are also in the top 5,000:
Im Winter werden mehr Busse eingesetzt.
More buses are put into service in winter.
Es lohnt sich, sich für andere einzusetzen.
It's worth standing up for others.
How common is einsetzen?
einsetzen is number 1,889 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 49 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words. Its most frequent form is eingesetzt (#851).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
einsetzen is built from setzen (to set, to put; sich setzen = sit down).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,885langfristiglong-term
- 1,886geplanteplanned
- 1,887bekanntewell-known, familiar
- 1,888langsamslow(ly)
- 1,889einsetzento use, to deploy; to stand up for
- 1,890maglike(s)
- 1,891Sekundenseconds
- 1,892rechtzeitigin time, on time
- 1,893die Internetseitewebsite, web page
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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.