German verb · CEFR B1

impfen

Meaning in English: to vaccinate

Rank 3,377 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Ich lasse mich jedes Jahr gegen Grippe impfen.

I get vaccinated against flu every year.

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

geimpft#3,444
vaccinatedB1

Ist dein Hund gegen Tollwut geimpft?
Is your dog vaccinated against rabies?

How common is impfen?

impfen is number 3,377 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,373basiertis based (on)
  2. 3,374das Spektrumspectrum, range
  3. 3,375IsraelsIsrael's, of Israel (genitive)
  4. 3,376Hundedogs
  5. 3,377impfento vaccinate
  6. 3,378umfangreichenextensive, comprehensive
  7. 3,379negativennegative
  8. 3,380begrüßento greet, to welcome
  9. 3,381der Fondsfund

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