German verb · CEFR A1

heißen

Meaning in English: be called; mean

Rank 2,640 of 5,000verbLevel A13 forms in the list

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Example

Wie heißen Ihre Kinder?
What are your children called?

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

heißt#340

is called; meansA1

Wie heißt das auf Deutsch?
What's that called in German?

hieß#925

was calledA2

Wie hieß noch mal das Restaurant?
What was the restaurant called again?

How common is heißen?

heißen is number 2,640 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 29,000 words. Its most frequent form is heißt (#340).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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

2,636stimmtis right, is true
2,637externenexternal
2,638beobachtetobserved, watched
2,639Vorschlägesuggestions, proposals
2,640heißenbe called; mean
2,641nationalenational
2,642genauermore exactly, closer
2,643entwickeltedeveloped (past)
2,644verursachtcaused

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