stärken
Meaning in English: strengthen
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Obst und Gemüse stärken das Immunsystem.
Fruit and vegetables strengthen the immune system.
Forms of stärken 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 stärken are also in the top 5,000:
Das Training hat ihr Selbstvertrauen gestärkt.
The training strengthened her self-confidence.
Sport stärkt das Immunsystem.
Exercise strengthens the immune system.
How common is stärken?
stärken is number 838 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 106 times per million words — about once every 9,400 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% 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
- 834sozialesocial
- 835früherearlier; in the past, formerly
- 836gemeinsamenshared, joint, common
- 837jederzeitat any time
- 838stärkenstrengthen
- 839besonderenspecial, particular
- 840die Kulturculture
- 841musstenhad to
- 842endlichfinally, at last
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#838
- The 5,000 most common German words#838
- The most common German verbs#174
- German B2 vocabulary#84
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.