German verb · CEFR B1

teilnehmen

Meaning in English: to take part

Rank 1,327 of 5,000verbLevel B13 forms in the list
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Example

Wie viele Leute wollen am Ausflug teilnehmen?

How many people want to take part in the outing?

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

teilzunehmen#3,836
to take part (zu-infinitive)B1

Ich habe leider keine Zeit, daran teilzunehmen.
Unfortunately I don't have time to take part.

teilgenommen#4,223
taken part, participatedB1

Hast du schon mal an einem Marathon teilgenommen?
Have you ever taken part in a marathon?

How common is teilnehmen?

teilnehmen is number 1,327 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 69 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Related words in the list

teilnehmen is built from der Teil (part, piece) + nehmen (to take).

Words built on teilnehmen:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,323mitteilteannounced, informed
  2. 1,324behandelttreated, dealt with
  3. 1,325der Sohnson
  4. 1,326das Wetterweather
  5. 1,327teilnehmento take part
  6. 1,328der Vertreterrepresentative
  7. 1,329bisherigenprevious, to date
  8. 1,330zuhauseat home
  9. 1,331wohnento live, to reside

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