German verb · CEFR B2

ermöglichen

Meaning in English: enable, make possible

Rank 652 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Stipendien ermöglichen vielen jungen Leuten ein Studium.

Grants make it possible for many young people to study.

Forms of ermöglichen 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 ermöglichen are also in the top 5,000:

ermöglicht#691
enables, makes possibleB2

Das Stipendium ermöglicht ihr ein Jahr in Kanada.
The grant allows her to spend a year in Canada.

How common is ermöglichen?

ermöglichen is number 652 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 137 times per million words — about once every 7,300 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% 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. 648altenold
  2. 649Männermen
  3. 650die Forschungresearch
  4. 651aktivactive(ly)
  5. 652ermöglichenenable, make possible
  6. 653erstmalsfor the first time
  7. 654erfolgreichsuccessful(ly)
  8. 655die Handhand
  9. 656Gästeguests

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