German verb · CEFR B2
genehmigt
Meaning in English: approved, permitted
This is a form of genehmigen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Mein Urlaubsantrag wurde endlich genehmigt.
My holiday request was finally approved.
How common is genehmigt?
genehmigt is number 4,762 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 60,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,758die Geschäftsführungmanagement, executive board
- 4,759dachtethought (past tense)
- 4,760der Roboterrobot
- 4,761die Beendigungtermination, ending
- 4,762genehmigtapproved, permitted
- 4,763Protesteprotests
- 4,764Schrittensteps (dative plural)
- 4,765dortigenlocal, there (adjective)
- 4,766europäischerEuropean
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,762
- The most common German verbs#1,192
- German B2 vocabulary#1,171
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