German verb · CEFR B1

entdecken

Meaning in English: to discover

Rank 1,388 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

In der Altstadt gibt es viel zu entdecken.

There's a lot to discover in the old town.

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

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Wir haben ein tolles Café entdeckt.
We've discovered a great café.

How common is entdecken?

entdecken is number 1,388 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. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,384bundesweitnationwide
  2. 1,385die Heimathome, homeland
  3. 1,386sichernto secure, to back up
  4. 1,387das Gebietarea, region, field
  5. 1,388entdeckento discover
  6. 1,389sinnvollsensible, useful, meaningful
  7. 1,390Unternehmensof the company (genitive)
  8. 1,391die Industrieindustry
  9. 1,392das Anliegenconcern, request

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