German verb · CEFR B2

erweitern

Meaning in English: expand, extend

Rank 2,448 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Wir wollen unser Angebot im Herbst erweitern.

We want to expand our range in the autumn.

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

erweitert#1,956
extended, expandedB2

Das Museum hat seine Öffnungszeiten erweitert.
The museum has extended its opening hours.

How common is erweitern?

erweitern is number 2,448 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. Its most frequent form is erweitert (#1,956).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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. 2,444Erwachsenenadults
  2. 2,445die Justizjudiciary, justice system
  3. 2,446bezahltpaid
  4. 2,447finanziellfinancial, financially
  5. 2,448erweiternexpand, extend
  6. 2,449die Einhaltungcompliance, observance
  7. 2,450echtereal, genuine
  8. 2,451andererseitson the other hand
  9. 2,452die Erhöhungincrease, raise

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