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German verb · CEFR A1

lernen

Meaning in English: to learn, to study

Rank 330 of 5,000verbLevel A13 forms in the list
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Example

Meine Kinder lernen in der Schule Englisch.

My children are learning English at school.

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

gelernt#2,731
learnedA1

Wo hast du so gut Deutsch gelernt?
Where did you learn German so well?

lernt#3,821
learns, studiesA1

Sie lernt jeden Abend Vokabeln.
She studies vocabulary every evening.

How common is lernen?

lernen is number 330 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 263 times per million words — about once every 3,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 55% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Related words in the list

Words built on lernen:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 326nehmento take
  2. 327bleibtstays, remains
  3. 328die Kostencosts, expenses
  4. 329siehtsees; looks
  5. 330lernento learn, to study
  6. 331besserbetter
  7. 332Schülerinnen(female) pupils
  8. 333Angabendetails, information, data
  9. 334bisherso far, until now

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