German verb · CEFR B1
unterhalten
Meaning in English: to talk, to chat; to entertain
Example
Wir haben uns lange über Musik unterhalten.
We talked about music for a long time.
How common is unterhalten?
unterhalten is number 4,661 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Related words in the list
unterhalten is built from halten (to hold; to stop; to keep).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,657der Klassikerclassic
- 4,658der Balkonbalcony
- 4,659das Phänomenphenomenon
- 4,660die Kontaktaufnahmegetting in touch, making contact
- 4,661unterhaltento talk, to chat; to entertain
- 4,662Fahrgästepassengers
- 4,663beliebtestenmost popular
- 4,664wahrnehmento perceive; to keep (appointment)
- 4,665gewarntwarned
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,661
- The most common German verbs#1,170
- German B1 vocabulary#1,517
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