leisten
Meaning in English: achieve, do; (sich) afford
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So ein teures Auto können wir uns nicht leisten.
We can't afford such an expensive car.
Forms of leisten 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 leisten are also in the top 5,000:
Das Team leistet wirklich tolle Arbeit.
The team does really great work.
Ihr habt heute tolle Arbeit geleistet.
You did a great job today.
How common is leisten?
leisten is number 811 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 110 times per million words — about once every 9,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% 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
- 807die Appapp
- 808entscheidendecide
- 809die Mannschaftteam
- 810der Zusammenhangconnection, context
- 811leistenachieve, do; (sich) afford
- 812fahrendrive, go, ride
- 813die Muttermother
- 814der Monatmonth
- 815der Spaßfun
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#811
- The 5,000 most common German words#811
- The most common German verbs#171
- German B2 vocabulary#77
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.