German verb · CEFR B1

rücken

Meaning in English: to move, to shift

Rank 1,959 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du bitte ein Stück nach links rücken?

Can you please move over a bit to the left?

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

rückt#4,441
moves, shiftsB2

Der Termin rückt immer näher.
The date is getting closer and closer.

How common is rücken?

rücken is number 1,959 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 47 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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. 1,955verändernto change, to alter
  2. 1,956erweitertextended, expanded
  3. 1,957der Anlassoccasion, reason, cause
  4. 1,958der Landtagstate parliament
  5. 1,959rückento move, to shift
  6. 1,960zweimaltwice
  7. 1,961der Verbandassociation, federation, bandage
  8. 1,962ohnehinanyway, in any case
  9. 1,963reagierento react, to respond

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