German verb · CEFR B1

schätzen

Meaning in English: to estimate; to appreciate

Rank 3,302 of 5,000verbLevel B13 forms in the list
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Example

Wie alt würdest du ihn schätzen?

How old would you guess he is?

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

geschätzt#4,051
valued, estimatedB2

Er wird von allen Kollegen sehr geschätzt.
He is highly valued by all his colleagues.

schätzt#4,445
estimates; values, appreciatesB1

Wie alt schätzt du ihn?
How old do you reckon he is?

How common is schätzen?

schätzen is number 3,302 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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. 3,298ruftcalls, shouts
  2. 3,299das Wundermiracle, wonder
  3. 3,300die Transformationtransformation
  4. 3,301der Anlegerinvestor(s)
  5. 3,302schätzento estimate; to appreciate
  6. 3,303ausfallento be cancelled, to fail
  7. 3,304Ansprücheclaims, demands, standards
  8. 3,305die Bestätigungconfirmation
  9. 3,306versorgento supply, to look after

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