rechnen
Meaning in English: to calculate, to expect
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Mit so viel Verkehr hatten wir nicht zu rechnen.
We hadn't expected so much traffic.
Forms of rechnen 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 rechnen are also in the top 5,000:
Niemand rechnet mit so viel Schnee.
Nobody expects so much snow.
Mit so vielen Gästen hatten wir nicht gerechnet.
We hadn't expected so many guests.
How common is rechnen?
rechnen is number 1,237 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 74 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
- 1,233die Bewegungmovement, exercise
- 1,234die Reisetrip, journey
- 1,235der Winterwinter
- 1,236nötignecessary
- 1,237rechnento calculate, to expect
- 1,238individuelleindividual, personal
- 1,239anhandby means of, based on
- 1,240die Betreuungcare, supervision
- 1,241Städtecities, towns
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