German verb · CEFR B1

reagieren

Meaning in English: to react, to respond

Rank 1,963 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Wie wird dein Chef auf die Nachricht reagieren?

How will your boss react to the news?

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

reagiert#2,244
reacted, respondedB1

Sie hat auf meine Nachricht nicht reagiert.
She didn't respond to my message.

How common is reagieren?

reagieren is number 1,963 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. 1,959rückento move, to shift
  2. 1,960zweimaltwice
  3. 1,961der Verbandassociation, federation, bandage
  4. 1,962ohnehinanyway, in any case
  5. 1,963reagierento react, to respond
  6. 1,964hoherhigh (inflected)
  7. 1,965trafmet, hit (past)
  8. 1,966einstonce, formerly
  9. 1,967die Beziehungrelationship, connection

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