German verb · CEFR A1

sehen

Meaning in English: to see

Rank 239 of 5,000verbLevel A16 forms in the list
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Example

Wir sehen uns morgen!

See you tomorrow!

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

sieht#329
sees; looksA1

Das Kleid sieht toll aus!
The dress looks great!

gesehen#1,059
seenA1

Hast du den neuen Film schon gesehen?
Have you seen the new film yet?

sah#1,841
saw, lookedA2

Plötzlich sah ich ein Reh im Garten.
Suddenly I saw a deer in the garden.

siehe#1,882
see (in references)B1

Weitere Beispiele: siehe Seite zwölf.
For more examples, see page twelve.

sehe#2,587
(I) seeA1

Ich sehe dich morgen in der Schule.
I'll see you at school tomorrow.

How common is sehen?

sehen is number 239 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 360 times per million words — about once every 2,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 52% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Related words in the list

Words built on sehen:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 235arbeitento work
  2. 236einigesome, a few
  3. 237daraufon it; for it; afterwards
  4. 238dahertherefore, that's why
  5. 239sehento see
  6. 240denenwhom, which (dative plural)
  7. 241geradejust, right now; straight
  8. 242ihnhim, it (accusative)
  9. 243zusammentogether

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