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German verb · CEFR B1

löschen

Meaning in English: to delete; to extinguish

Rank 2,365 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du das peinliche Foto bitte löschen?

Can you please delete that embarrassing photo?

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

gelöscht#1,924
deleted; extinguishedB1

Ich habe die Fotos aus Versehen gelöscht.
I accidentally deleted the photos.

How common is löschen?

löschen is number 2,365 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words. Its most frequent form is gelöscht (#1,924).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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. 2,361der Bahnhof(railway) station
  2. 2,362höchstenhighest (inflected)
  3. 2,363das Fernsehentelevision, TV
  4. 2,364die Vernetzungnetworking, (inter)connection
  5. 2,365löschento delete; to extinguish
  6. 2,366solchersuch (inflected)
  7. 2,367mache(I) make, do
  8. 2,368der Vorfallincident
  9. 2,369die Erstellungcreation, preparation

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