glauben
Meaning in English: to believe, to think
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Das kann ich kaum glauben!
I can hardly believe it!
Forms of glauben 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 glauben are also in the top 5,000:
Ich glaube, es fängt gleich an zu regnen.
I think it's about to start raining.
Mein Bruder glaubt mir kein Wort.
My brother doesn't believe a word I say.
How common is glauben?
glauben is number 1,559 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
- 1,555die Größesize, height
- 1,556der Inhaltcontent(s)
- 1,557die Pausebreak, pause
- 1,558Gesprächeconversations, talks
- 1,559glaubento believe, to think
- 1,560der Browser(web) browser
- 1,561kenntknows (is familiar with)
- 1,562gutergood
- 1,563zentralencentral
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.