German verb · CEFR B2
kehrt
Meaning in English: returns (zurück); sweeps
This is a form of kehren, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Sie kehrt morgen aus dem Urlaub zurück.
She's coming back from holiday tomorrow.
How common is kehrt?
kehrt is number 4,476 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,472Anbieternproviders, suppliers
- 4,473die Unterkunftaccommodation, lodging
- 4,474der Gesetzentwurfbill, draft law
- 4,475mitnehmento take along, to give a lift
- 4,476kehrtreturns (zurück); sweeps
- 4,477Verbesserungenimprovements
- 4,478warfthrew
- 4,479befreiento free, to liberate
- 4,480die Kindheitchildhood
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,476
- The most common German verbs#1,123
- German B2 vocabulary#1,080
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