German verb · CEFR B1

entscheiden

Meaning in English: decide

Rank 808 of 5,000verbLevel B14 forms in the list
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Example

Du musst dich jetzt entscheiden.

You have to decide now.

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

entschieden#1,006
decidedB1

Habt ihr euch schon für ein Hotel entschieden?
Have you already decided on a hotel?

entscheidet#1,594
decidesA2

Heute entscheidet sich, wer weiterkommt.
Today it will be decided who goes through.

entschied#3,429
decidedB1

Am Ende entschied sie sich für das rote Kleid.
In the end she chose the red dress.

How common is entscheiden?

entscheiden is number 808 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 110 times per million words — about once every 9,100 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% 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. 804teilweisepartly, in part
  2. 805Hinweisetips, notes, clues
  3. 806fördernpromote, support, fund
  4. 807die Appapp
  5. 808entscheidendecide
  6. 809die Mannschaftteam
  7. 810der Zusammenhangconnection, context
  8. 811leistenachieve, do; (sich) afford
  9. 812fahrendrive, go, ride

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