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German verb · CEFR B1

entfernen

Meaning in English: to remove

Rank 3,185 of 5,000verbLevel B1
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Wie kann ich diesen Fleck entfernen?

How can I get this stain out?

How common is entfernen?

entfernen is number 3,185 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 27 times per million words — about once every 37,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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. 3,181bestensvery well, excellently
  2. 3,182zwingendmandatory, necessarily
  3. 3,183aufgehobenlifted, cancelled; kept
  4. 3,184Symptomesymptoms
  5. 3,185entfernento remove
  6. 3,186erheblicheconsiderable, significant
  7. 3,187die Broschürebrochure
  8. 3,188schulischenschool, academic
  9. 3,189Fahrzeugenvehicles (dative plural)

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