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German verb · CEFR B2

herrscht

Meaning in English: prevails, there is; rules

Rank 2,617 of 5,000verbLevel B2

This is a form of herrschen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Im Büro herrscht heute gute Laune.

There's a good mood in the office today.

How common is herrscht?

herrscht is number 2,617 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.

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

  1. 2,613allgemeingeneral, generally
  2. 2,614gelingensucceed, turn out well
  3. 2,615kommendecoming, next
  4. 2,616einerseitson the one hand
  5. 2,617herrschtprevails, there is; rules
  6. 2,618Konsequenzenconsequences
  7. 2,619die Auswertungevaluation, analysis
  8. 2,620stehe(I) stand
  9. 2,621bisherigeprevious, to date

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