German verb · CEFR C1
verantworten
Meaning in English: to answer for, to take responsibility
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Das musst du selbst verantworten.
You'll have to take responsibility for that yourself.
How common is verantworten?
verantworten is number 4,579 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,575musikalischenmusical
- 4,576unterrichtento teach
- 4,577zweierof two (genitive)
- 4,578Müttermothers
- 4,579verantwortento answer for, to take responsibility
- 4,580zuverlässigreliable
- 4,581die Oberstufeupper school, sixth form
- 4,582die Öffentlichkeitsarbeitpublic relations
- 4,583zusammenarbeitento work together, to cooperate
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