German verb · CEFR B1

treiben

Meaning in English: to drive, to do (sport)

Rank 3,886 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Wie oft treiben Sie Sport?

How often do you do sport?

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

treibt#4,356
drives, pushes; does (sport)B1

Mein Vater treibt jeden Morgen Sport.
My father does sport every morning.

How common is treiben?

treiben is number 3,886 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 46,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,882attraktiveattractive
  2. 3,883das Seminarseminar, course
  3. 3,884das Bargeldcash
  4. 3,885stabilstable, sturdy
  5. 3,886treibento drive, to do (sport)
  6. 3,887Zuschauernspectators, viewers (dative)
  7. 3,888ausgestelltissued, exhibited
  8. 3,889die Befragungsurvey, questioning
  9. 3,890trainierttrains, trained

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