erfüllen
Meaning in English: to fulfil, to meet (requirements)
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Er konnte ihren Wunsch leider nicht erfüllen.
Unfortunately he couldn't fulfil her wish.
Forms of erfüllen 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 erfüllen are also in the top 5,000:
Mein größter Traum hat sich erfüllt.
My biggest dream has come true.
How common is erfüllen?
erfüllen is number 1,477 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 62 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% 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
- 1,473der Wechselchange, switch
- 1,474öffentlichpublic, publicly
- 1,475möglicherweisepossibly, perhaps
- 1,476ernstserious, seriously
- 1,477erfüllento fulfil, to meet (requirements)
- 1,478die Sitzungmeeting, session
- 1,479die Mehrheitmajority
- 1,480lebtlives
- 1,481die Nachhaltigkeitsustainability
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.