German verb · CEFR B1

kümmern

Meaning in English: to take care of, to look after

Rank 2,128 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Wer wird sich um den Hund kümmern?

Who's going to look after the dog?

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

kümmert#3,670
takes care (of), looks afterB1

Wer kümmert sich um die Katze, wenn ihr weg seid?
Who looks after the cat when you're away?

How common is kümmern?

kümmern is number 2,128 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 43 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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. 2,124häufigermore often, more frequent
  2. 2,125vielfältigendiverse, varied (inflected)
  3. 2,126offeneopen (inflected)
  4. 2,127die Strategiestrategy
  5. 2,128kümmernto take care of, to look after
  6. 2,129EnglischEnglish (language)
  7. 2,130intensivintensive, intense
  8. 2,131Flüchtlingerefugees
  9. 2,132Tonnentonnes, tons; bins

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