erheben
Meaning in English: to levy, to collect; to raise
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Die Stadt will eine neue Steuer erheben.
The city wants to levy a new tax.
Forms of erheben 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 erheben are also in the top 5,000:
Für die Nutzung wird eine kleine Gebühr erhoben.
A small fee is charged for use.
How common is erheben?
erheben is number 3,795 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words. Its most frequent form is erhoben (#1,975).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,791breitesbroad, wide (neuter)
- 3,792ansehento look at, to watch
- 3,793die Fähigkeitability, skill
- 3,794Eventsevents
- 3,795erhebento levy, to collect; to raise
- 3,796Verträgecontracts
- 3,797das Homeofficeworking from home, home office
- 3,798voneinanderfrom each other
- 3,799infolgeas a result of, owing to
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