ermitteln
Meaning in English: to investigate, to determine
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Die Polizei muss noch die Ursache ermitteln.
The police still have to determine the cause.
Forms of ermitteln 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 ermitteln are also in the top 5,000:
Die Polizei ermittelt noch die Ursache des Brandes.
The police are still investigating the cause of the fire.
How common is ermitteln?
ermitteln is number 3,295 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 39,000 words. Its most frequent form is ermittelt (#1,356).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,291Berichtereports
- 3,292umfassendencomprehensive, extensive
- 3,293sicherzustellento ensure
- 3,294der Besitzerowner
- 3,295ermittelnto investigate, to determine
- 3,296Straftatencriminal offences, crimes
- 3,297traditionellentraditional
- 3,298ruftcalls, shouts
- 3,299das Wundermiracle, wonder
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