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German verb · CEFR B1

ergänzen

Meaning in English: to add, to complement

Rank 3,097 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Möchtest du noch etwas ergänzen?

Would you like to add anything?

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

ergänzt#1,565
supplemented, addedB2

Ich habe die Liste noch um zwei Punkte ergänzt.
I added two more points to the list.

How common is ergänzen?

ergänzen is number 3,097 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words. Its most frequent form is ergänzt (#1,565).

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. 3,093mittlerenmiddle, medium, average
  2. 3,094beeinflussento influence, to affect
  3. 3,095benutztused
  4. 3,096der Dienstleisterservice provider
  5. 3,097ergänzento add, to complement
  6. 3,098verletzteninjured (inflected)
  7. 3,099Songssongs
  8. 3,100das Duellduel, head-to-head
  9. 3,101gekauftbought

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