German verb · CEFR A1
schlafen
Meaning in English: to sleep
Example
Die Kinder schlafen schon.
The children are already asleep.
How common is schlafen?
schlafen is number 4,000 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 3,996einzelnerindividual, single (inflected)
- 3,997weltweitenworldwide, global
- 3,998gelesenread (past participle)
- 3,999tollengreat, wonderful
- 4,000schlafento sleep
- 4,001demnächstsoon, shortly
- 4,002die Bezeichnungname, term, designation
- 4,003die Staatsregierungstate government
- 4,004gesundheitlichenhealth (-related)
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