gestalten
Meaning in English: design, shape, arrange
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Die Kinder dürfen ihr Zimmer selbst gestalten.
The children may decorate their room themselves.
Forms of gestalten 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 gestalten are also in the top 5,000:
Die Kinder haben die Einladungen selbst gestaltet.
The children designed the invitations themselves.
How common is gestalten?
gestalten is number 759 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 118 times per million words — about once every 8,500 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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
- 755der Unterrichtlessons, class, teaching
- 756Kommunenmunicipalities, local authorities
- 757veröffentlichtpublished
- 758baldsoon
- 759gestaltendesign, shape, arrange
- 760nächstenext, nearest
- 761esseneat
- 762befindetis (located)
- 763die Chancechance, opportunity
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#759
- The 5,000 most common German words#759
- The most common German verbs#158
- German B2 vocabulary#62
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.