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German verb · CEFR A2

tragen

Meaning in English: carry, wear

Rank 646 of 5,000verbLevel A24 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du mir helfen, die Kisten zu tragen?

Can you help me carry the boxes?

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

trägt#1,055
carries, wearsA2

Er trägt immer eine rote Mütze.
He always wears a red hat.

getragen#2,418
carried, wornA2

Sie hat das Kleid nur einmal getragen.
She has only worn the dress once.

trug#3,575
wore; carriedB1

Auf der Hochzeit trug sie ein blaues Kleid.
She wore a blue dress at the wedding.

How common is tragen?

tragen is number 646 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 138 times per million words — about once every 7,200 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on tragen:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 642spieltplays
  2. 643das Verfahrenprocedure, process; proceedings
  3. 644die Regierunggovernment
  4. 645RusslandRussia
  5. 646tragencarry, wear
  6. 647trotzdemnevertheless, anyway
  7. 648altenold
  8. 649Männermen
  9. 650die Forschungresearch

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