German verb · CEFR B1
umgehen
Meaning in English: deal with, handle (mit)
Example
Er kann sehr gut mit Kindern umgehen.
He's very good with children.
How common is umgehen?
umgehen is number 2,869 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,865die Reformreform
- 2,866die Forderungdemand, claim
- 2,867das Businessbusiness
- 2,868die Strukturstructure
- 2,869umgehendeal with, handle (mit)
- 2,870eignetis suitable (sich)
- 2,871der Einzelfallindividual case, isolated case
- 2,872pädagogischeeducational, pedagogical
- 2,873die Lieferungdelivery
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