lösen
Meaning in English: to solve, to buy (a ticket)
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Zusammen können wir das Problem lösen.
Together we can solve the problem.
Forms of lösen 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 lösen are also in the top 5,000:
Streiten löst keine Probleme.
Arguing doesn't solve any problems.
Hast du das Rätsel schon gelöst?
Have you solved the puzzle yet?
How common is lösen?
lösen is number 1,791 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 51 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,787linkenleft; left-wing
- 1,788Infosinfo, information
- 1,789offiziellofficial(ly)
- 1,790der Regenrain
- 1,791lösento solve, to buy (a ticket)
- 1,792der Begriffterm, concept
- 1,793glaube(I) believe, think
- 1,794gefordertdemanded, challenged
- 1,795Vorsitzendechair(person)
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