German verb · CEFR A1

finden

Meaning in English: to find; to think (opinion)

Rank 119 of 5,000verbLevel A17 forms in the list
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Example

Wie finden Sie das neue Café?

What do you think of the new café?

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

findet#256
finds; thinks; takes placeA1

Das Konzert findet im Park statt.
The concert takes place in the park.

gefunden#695
foundA2

Hast du deine Brille gefunden?
Have you found your glasses?

fand#717
found; thought (opinion)A2

Ich fand den Film ziemlich langweilig.
I thought the film was pretty boring.

finde#1,441
find, thinkA1

Ich finde das Kleid wunderschön.
I think the dress is beautiful.

fanden#1,865
found; thoughtA2

Wir fanden den Film ziemlich langweilig.
We found the film pretty boring.

findest#2,570
(you) find, thinkA1

Wie findest du meine neue Frisur?
What do you think of my new haircut?

How common is finden?

finden is number 119 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 721 times per million words — about once every 1,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 46% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Related words in the list

Words built on finden:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 115rundround; around, about
  2. 116gehtgoes; works, is possible
  3. 117dreithree
  4. 118gutgood; well
  5. 119findento find; to think (opinion)
  6. 120die Zeittime
  7. 121anderenother, others
  8. 122erstenfirst
  9. 123die Uhrclock, watch; o'clock

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