German verb · CEFR C1

erfolgen

Meaning in English: take place, be carried out

Rank 860 of 5,000verbLevel C13 forms in the list
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Example

Die Zahlung muss bis Freitag erfolgen.

Payment must be made by Friday.

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

erfolgt#414
takes place, is carried outB2

Die Lieferung erfolgt innerhalb von drei Tagen.
Delivery takes place within three days.

erfolgte#2,743
took place, was made (past)C1

Die Zahlung erfolgte pünktlich.
The payment was made on time.

How common is erfolgen?

erfolgen is number 860 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 102 times per million words — about once every 9,800 words. Its most frequent form is erfolgt (#414).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 856der Artikelarticle
  2. 857genommentaken
  3. 858die Auswahlselection, choice
  4. 859entsprechendencorresponding, relevant
  5. 860erfolgentake place, be carried out
  6. 861altold
  7. 862verlassenleave
  8. 863kamencame
  9. 864die Leistungperformance, achievement; service

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