German verb · CEFR B2
steuern
Meaning in English: to steer, to control
Example
Die Heizung kann man mit dem Handy steuern.
You can control the heating with your phone.
How common is steuern?
steuern is number 1,845 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 50 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,841sahsaw, looked
- 1,842größerbigger, taller
- 1,843nenntcalls, names
- 1,844einschließlichincluding
- 1,845steuernto steer, to control
- 1,846wünsche(I) wish
- 1,847das Vorfeldrun-up (im Vorfeld: beforehand)
- 1,848schönebeautiful, nice
- 1,849Studienstudies
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