erfahren
Meaning in English: find out, learn; experienced
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Wie hast du davon erfahren?
How did you find out about it?
Forms of erfahren 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 erfahren are also in the top 5,000:
Wenn meine Mutter das erfährt, gibt es Ärger.
If my mother finds out, there'll be trouble.
How common is erfahren?
erfahren is number 632 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 141 times per million words — about once every 7,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 60% 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
- 628besonderespecial, particular
- 629die Weiseway, manner
- 630tatsächlichactually, really, indeed
- 631neuernew; newer
- 632erfahrenfind out, learn; experienced
- 633achteight
- 634der Nutzeruser(s)
- 635erreichtreached, achieved
- 636entsprechendcorresponding(ly), accordingly
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#632
- The 5,000 most common German words#632
- The most common German verbs#130
- German B1 vocabulary#146
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.