German verb · CEFR B2
erkunden
Meaning in English: to explore
Example
Morgen wollen wir die Altstadt erkunden.
Tomorrow we want to explore the old town.
How common is erkunden?
erkunden is number 4,085 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,081denkbarconceivable, possible
- 4,082der Spiegelmirror
- 4,083das Schiffship
- 4,084die Jahrgangsstufeyear, grade (at school)
- 4,085erkundento explore
- 4,086der Nordnorth
- 4,087das Lebensjahryear of (one's) life
- 4,088Getränkedrinks
- 4,089gebundenbound, tied
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