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German verb · CEFR B1

kündigen

Meaning in English: to quit, to cancel, to give notice

Rank 3,919 of 5,000verbLevel B13 forms in the list
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Example

Ich will meinen Handyvertrag kündigen.

I want to cancel my mobile phone contract.

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

kündigte#2,441
quit, cancelled (past)B1

Sie kündigte ihren Job nach zwei Jahren.
She quit her job after two years.

kündigt#4,622
quits, gives notice; cancelsB1

Mein Kollege kündigt zum Monatsende.
My colleague is handing in his notice for the end of the month.

How common is kündigen?

kündigen is number 3,919 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 47,000 words. Its most frequent form is kündigte (#2,441).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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. 3,915das Dokumentdocument
  2. 3,916die Auflageedition, condition, requirement
  3. 3,917leitento lead, to manage
  4. 3,918die Spielzeitseason, playing time
  5. 3,919kündigento quit, to cancel, to give notice
  6. 3,920allzuall too, too
  7. 3,921die Flexibilitätflexibility
  8. 3,922katholischenCatholic
  9. 3,923die Fernedistance, far away

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