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German verb · CEFR A1

schicken

Meaning in English: send

Rank 2,688 of 5,000verbLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du mir die Fotos schicken?

Can you send me the photos?

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

geschickt#3,012
sent; skilfulA2

Ich habe dir die Fotos schon geschickt.
I've already sent you the photos.

How common is schicken?

schicken is number 2,688 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,684die Inselisland
  2. 2,685telefonischby phone
  3. 2,686beantragtapplied for
  4. 2,687abendsin the evening
  5. 2,688schickensend
  6. 2,689Standardsstandards
  7. 2,690lagenlay, were (lying) (past, pl.)
  8. 2,691geltendenapplicable, current (rules)
  9. 2,692greiftgrabs, reaches; takes effect

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