German verb · CEFR B2
erleichtern
Meaning in English: to make easier, to relieve
Example
Eine Spülmaschine würde uns das Leben erleichtern.
A dishwasher would make life easier for us.
How common is erleichtern?
erleichtern is number 2,405 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,401der Verlustloss
- 2,402verkaufento sell
- 2,403durchführento carry out, to conduct
- 2,404anlässlichon the occasion of
- 2,405erleichternto make easier, to relieve
- 2,406verbotenforbidden, prohibited
- 2,407Appsapps
- 2,408Räumenrooms (dative plural)
- 2,409der Gewinnprofit; prize, win
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