geben
Meaning in English: to give
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Kannst du mir bitte das Salz geben?
Can you pass me the salt, please?
Forms of geben 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 geben are also in the top 5,000:
Gibt es hier in der Nähe eine Apotheke?
Is there a pharmacy near here?
Früher gab es hier einen kleinen Laden.
There used to be a small shop here.
Sie hat mir ihre Telefonnummer gegeben.
She gave me her phone number.
Ich gebe dir morgen das Geld zurück.
I'll give you the money back tomorrow.
Die Nachbarn gaben uns ihren Schlüssel.
The neighbours gave us their key.
How common is geben?
geben is number 197 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 434 times per million words — about once every 2,300 words. Its most frequent form is gibt (#66).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 50% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#197
- The 1,000 most common German words#197
- The 5,000 most common German words#197
- The most common German verbs#38
- German A1 vocabulary#135
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