German verb · CEFR B2
stürzte
Meaning in English: fell, crashed; overthrew
This is a form of stürzen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Sie stürzte mit dem Fahrrad und brach sich den Arm.
She fell off her bike and broke her arm.
How common is stürzte?
stürzte is number 4,456 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,452riesigehuge, gigantic
- 4,453angesehenlooked at, watched; respected
- 4,454enttäuschtdisappointed
- 4,455Damenladies
- 4,456stürztefell, crashed; overthrew
- 4,457erforderlicherequired, necessary
- 4,458Textentexts
- 4,459die Steuertax (die); steering wheel (das)
- 4,460Emotionenemotions
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,456
- The most common German verbs#1,118
- German B2 vocabulary#1,071
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