German verb · CEFR B2

ergeben

Meaning in English: to result in, to yield

Rank 1,540 of 5,000verbLevel B23 forms in the list
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Example

Zwei und drei ergeben fünf.

Two and three make five.

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

ergibt#2,279
results in, yields; makes (sense)B2

Das ergibt doch keinen Sinn!
That doesn't make any sense!

ergab#3,851
showed, revealed, resulted inB2

Die Untersuchung ergab nichts Neues.
The examination revealed nothing new.

How common is ergeben?

ergeben is number 1,540 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 60 times per million words — about once every 17,000 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. 1,536der BundestagBundestag (German parliament)
  2. 1,537das Semestersemester, term
  3. 1,538eingeladeninvited
  4. 1,539die Innenstadtcity centre, downtown
  5. 1,540ergebento result in, to yield
  6. 1,541Klassenclasses, grades
  7. 1,542vollerfull of, fuller
  8. 1,543SchweizerSwiss, Swiss person
  9. 1,544der Umfangextent, scope, size

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