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German verb · CEFR B2

erlernen

Meaning in English: to learn, to acquire

Rank 3,277 of 5,000verbLevel B2
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Example

Ein Instrument kann man in jedem Alter erlernen.

You can learn an instrument at any age.

How common is erlernen?

erlernen is number 3,277 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 38,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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. 3,273ausgewählteselected
  2. 3,274abgebento hand in, to give away
  3. 3,275die Qualifikationqualification
  4. 3,276traditionelltraditional(ly)
  5. 3,277erlernento learn, to acquire
  6. 3,278quasimore or less, virtually
  7. 3,279der IranIran
  8. 3,280extraextra, specially, separately
  9. 3,281großemlarge, great (dative)

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