mögen
Meaning in English: to like
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Die Kinder mögen keine Tomaten.
The children don't like tomatoes.
Forms of mögen 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 mögen are also in the top 5,000:
Ich möchte bitte ein Brötchen.
I'd like a bread roll, please.
Möchten Sie noch etwas trinken?
Would you like anything else to drink?
Mein Bruder mag keine Tomaten.
My brother doesn't like tomatoes.
Was möchtest du trinken?
What would you like to drink?
How common is mögen?
mögen is number 4,838 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words. Its most frequent form is möchte (#352).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,834strengstrict, severe
- 4,835Blumenflowers
- 4,836übermittelnto transmit, to pass on
- 4,837strategischestrategic
- 4,838mögento like
- 4,839das Gremiumcommittee, body
- 4,840der Awardaward
- 4,841ausgeführtcarried out, executed
- 4,842warnento warn
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.