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German verb · CEFR C1

erlangen

Meaning in English: to attain, to gain, to obtain

Rank 3,611 of 5,000verbLevel C1
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Example

Mit dem Kurs kann man ein Zertifikat erlangen.

With the course you can obtain a certificate.

How common is erlangen?

erlangen is number 3,611 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.

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

  1. 3,607gelassencalm, relaxed, composed
  2. 3,608Jungsboys, guys (colloquial)
  3. 3,609geltendapplicable; (geltend machen) to claim
  4. 3,610das Kapitelchapter
  5. 3,611erlangento attain, to gain, to obtain
  6. 3,612körperlichephysical
  7. 3,613EnglandEngland
  8. 3,614Geflüchteterefugees
  9. 3,615holtfetches, gets, picks up

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