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German verb · CEFR B2

senken

Meaning in English: to lower, to reduce

Rank 3,678 of 5,000verbLevel B2
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Example

Wir wollen unsere Heizkosten senken.

We want to lower our heating costs.

How common is senken?

senken is number 3,678 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,674etabliertestablished
  2. 3,675der Sachschadendamage to property
  3. 3,676Komponentencomponents
  4. 3,677häufigstenmost frequent, most common
  5. 3,678senkento lower, to reduce
  6. 3,679Objekteobjects; properties
  7. 3,680der Zusammenhaltcohesion, solidarity, unity
  8. 3,681eingeleitetinitiated, launched
  9. 3,682die Stufestep; level, stage

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.