German verb · CEFR A2
reden
Meaning in English: to talk, to speak
Example
Wir müssen mal reden.
We need to talk.
How common is reden?
reden is number 1,914 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 48 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,910der Datenschutzdata protection, privacy
- 1,911klickento click
- 1,912der Wissenschaftlerscientist(s)
- 1,913aufgebautbuilt up, set up
- 1,914redento talk, to speak
- 1,915evangelischenProtestant, Evangelical
- 1,916drohtthreatens, looms
- 1,917Herzenhearts; heart (dative)
- 1,918entlangalong
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