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German verb · CEFR A1

machen

Meaning in English: to make, to do

Rank 138 of 5,000verbLevel A16 forms in the list
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Example

Was machen wir heute Abend?

What are we doing this evening?

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

macht#205
makes, doesA1

Was macht dein Bruder beruflich?
What does your brother do for a living?

gemacht#311
made, doneA1

Hast du deine Hausaufgaben schon gemacht?
Have you done your homework yet?

machte#904
made, didA2

Er machte leise die Tür zu.
He quietly closed the door.

machten#2,210
made, did (past)A2

Früher machten wir jeden Sommer Urlaub an der Ostsee.
We used to holiday on the Baltic every summer.

mache#2,367
(I) make, doA1

Heute Abend mache ich Spaghetti für alle.
Tonight I'm making spaghetti for everyone.

How common is machen?

machen is number 138 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 636 times per million words — about once every 1,600 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 47% 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 machen:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 134neuennew
  2. 135seinerhis, its (dat./gen. fem.)
  3. 136unsereour
  4. 137ganzquite, whole, entirely
  5. 138machento make, to do
  6. 139weiterfurther; on, onward
  7. 140weiterefurther, additional
  8. 141stehtstands; is (written)
  9. 142diesthis

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