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German verb · CEFR B1

melden

Meaning in English: to report, to get in touch

Rank 1,246 of 5,000verbLevel B14 forms in the list
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Example

Bitte melden Sie sich an der Rezeption.

Please report to reception.

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

gemeldet#1,863
reported, registeredB1

Ich habe den Schaden sofort der Versicherung gemeldet.
I reported the damage to the insurance company straight away.

meldet#3,328
reports, gets in touchB1

Sie meldet sich nie, wenn sie im Urlaub ist.
She never gets in touch when she's on holiday.

meldete#4,027
reportedB1

Er meldete den Diebstahl sofort bei der Polizei.
He reported the theft to the police immediately.

How common is melden?

melden is number 1,246 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 73 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,242seltenrarely, seldom; rare
  2. 1,243schlossclosed, locked, concluded
  3. 1,244richtigenright, correct
  4. 1,245reichtis enough, hands, reaches
  5. 1,246meldento report, to get in touch
  6. 1,247der Terminappointment, date
  7. 1,248deinyour (informal)
  8. 1,249plusplus
  9. 1,250die Angstfear, anxiety

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