German verb · CEFR B2
fließen
Meaning in English: to flow
Example
Durch die Stadt fließen zwei Flüsse.
Two rivers flow through the town.
How common is fließen?
fließen is number 3,689 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,685hingewiesenpointed out, drawn attention to
- 3,686Erkenntnissenfindings, insights (dative pl.)
- 3,687schriftlichewritten
- 3,688Sportsof sport (genitive)
- 3,689fließento flow
- 3,690das Heimspielhome game
- 3,691ratento advise; to guess
- 3,692Erinnerungenmemories
- 3,693innovativeninnovative
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