German verb · CEFR A1

gefallen

Meaning in English: to please, to like; fallen

Rank 1,568 of 5,000verbLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Wie hat dir der Film gefallen?

How did you like the film?

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

gefällt#2,930
pleases, (I) likeA1

Wie gefällt dir deine neue Wohnung?
How do you like your new flat?

How common is gefallen?

gefallen is number 1,568 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 59 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% 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

  1. 1,564Laufecourse (im Laufe: in the course of)
  2. 1,565ergänztsupplemented, added
  3. 1,566das Gefühlfeeling
  4. 1,567das Museummuseum
  5. 1,568gefallento please, to like; fallen
  6. 1,569die Informationinformation
  7. 1,570mithilfewith the help of, using
  8. 1,571Aktionencampaigns, events, special offers
  9. 1,572der Gartengarden

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