fahren
Meaning in English: drive, go, ride
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Morgen fahren wir mit dem Zug in die Berge.
Tomorrow we're going to the mountains by train.
Forms of fahren 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 fahren are also in the top 5,000:
Wir sind mit dem Zug nach Wien gefahren.
We went to Vienna by train.
Er fuhr jeden Tag mit dem Rad zur Arbeit.
He cycled to work every day.
Der Bus fährt alle zehn Minuten.
The bus runs every ten minutes.
How common is fahren?
fahren is number 812 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 110 times per million words — about once every 9,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 808entscheidendecide
- 809die Mannschaftteam
- 810der Zusammenhangconnection, context
- 811leistenachieve, do; (sich) afford
- 812fahrendrive, go, ride
- 813die Muttermother
- 814der Monatmonth
- 815der Spaßfun
- 816hilfthelps
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#812
- The 5,000 most common German words#812
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- German A1 vocabulary#329
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.