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German verb · CEFR A2

gewinnen

Meaning in English: win

Rank 796 of 5,000verbLevel A24 forms in the list
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Example

Wer wird das Spiel heute gewinnen?

Who will win the match today?

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

gewonnen#1,199
wonA2

Unsere Mannschaft hat zwei zu null gewonnen.
Our team won two nil.

gewann#1,943
wonB1

Unsere Mannschaft gewann das Spiel mit zwei zu eins.
Our team won the match two–one.

gewinnt#2,218
wins, gainsA2

Wer gewinnt heute das Spiel, was meinst du?
Who do you think will win the match today?

How common is gewinnen?

gewinnen is number 796 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 112 times per million words — about once every 8,900 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 792obwohlalthough
  2. 793die Nähevicinity, closeness
  3. 794größtenbiggest, largest
  4. 795persönlichenpersonal
  5. 796gewinnenwin
  6. 797teilenshare, divide
  7. 798der Abendevening
  8. 799notwendignecessary
  9. 800der Bürgermeistermayor

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