German verb · CEFR B2
empfangen
Meaning in English: to receive; to welcome
Example
Hier kann ich leider kein Signal empfangen.
Unfortunately I can't get a signal here.
How common is empfangen?
empfangen is number 3,570 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,566produzierento produce
- 3,567die Reichweiterange, reach
- 3,568idealideal
- 3,569der Sängersinger
- 3,570empfangento receive; to welcome
- 3,571die Aussichtview; prospect
- 3,572intensiveintensive, intense
- 3,573geholfenhelped
- 3,574der Klubclub
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