German verb · CEFR B1
pflegen
Meaning in English: to care for, to maintain
Example
Er muss seine kranke Mutter pflegen.
He has to care for his sick mother.
How common is pflegen?
pflegen is number 4,100 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,096Störungendisruptions, faults
- 4,097beinahealmost, nearly
- 4,098der Faktorfactor
- 4,099weitelong, wide, far
- 4,100pflegento care for, to maintain
- 4,101der Ausschusscommittee
- 4,102bleibestay (I)
- 4,103prüftchecks, examines, tests
- 4,104Interviewsinterviews
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,100
- The most common German verbs#1,029
- German B1 vocabulary#1,326
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