retten
Meaning in English: save, rescue
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Die Feuerwehr konnte alle Bewohner retten.
The fire brigade was able to rescue all the residents.
Forms of retten 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 retten are also in the top 5,000:
Du hast mir den Tag gerettet!
You've made my day!
How common is retten?
retten is number 2,607 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 29,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,603französischenFrench
- 2,604das Tempospeed, pace
- 2,605umfangreicheextensive, comprehensive
- 2,606vereinbartagreed, arranged
- 2,607rettensave, rescue
- 2,608der Kontextcontext
- 2,609die Verlängerungextension; extra time
- 2,610Beschwerdencomplaints; aches, symptoms
- 2,611brauche(I) need
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