holen
Meaning in English: to fetch, to get
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Ich gehe schnell Brötchen holen.
I'm just going to get some bread rolls.
Forms of holen 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 holen are also in the top 5,000:
Er holte schnell noch Brötchen vom Bäcker.
He quickly fetched some rolls from the bakery.
Er holt die Kinder um vier ab.
He picks up the children at four.
Ich habe uns Brötchen vom Bäcker geholt.
I got us some rolls from the bakery.
How common is holen?
holen is number 1,909 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 48 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,905Grundlagenbasics, foundations
- 1,906konkretenconcrete, specific
- 1,907der Autofahrerdriver(s), motorist(s)
- 1,908Erkenntnissefindings, insights
- 1,909holento fetch, to get
- 1,910der Datenschutzdata protection, privacy
- 1,911klickento click
- 1,912der Wissenschaftlerscientist(s)
- 1,913aufgebautbuilt up, set up
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