German verb · CEFR A1
vergessen
Meaning in English: to forget; forgotten
Example
Ich habe meinen Schlüssel vergessen.
I've forgotten my key.
How common is vergessen?
vergessen is number 1,606 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 57 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,602betriebenoperated, run
- 1,603standenstood
- 1,604einsone
- 1,605unmittelbarimmediate(ly), direct(ly)
- 1,606vergessento forget; forgotten
- 1,607die Versionversion
- 1,608rotenred
- 1,609speziellspecial(ly), specific(ally)
- 1,610Firmencompanies, firms
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