German verb · CEFR A2

empfehlen

Meaning in English: to recommend

Rank 1,375 of 5,000verbLevel A23 forms in the list
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Example

Welchen Wein können Sie uns empfehlen?

Which wine can you recommend?

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

empfiehlt#2,209
recommendsB1

Der Arzt empfiehlt mir mehr Bewegung.
The doctor recommends I get more exercise.

empfohlen#2,504
recommendedB1

Das Restaurant wurde mir von Freunden empfohlen.
Friends recommended the restaurant to me.

How common is empfehlen?

empfehlen is number 1,375 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 66 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,371Teileparts, pieces
  2. 1,372der Leiterhead, manager (der); ladder (die)
  3. 1,373die Umgebungsurroundings, area
  4. 1,374die Partiegame, match
  5. 1,375empfehlento recommend
  6. 1,376die Nummernumber
  7. 1,377die Meinungopinion
  8. 1,378Fähigkeitenabilities, skills
  9. 1,379Straßenstreets, roads

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