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German verb · CEFR A1

verkaufen

Meaning in English: to sell

Rank 2,402 of 5,000verbLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Wir wollen unser altes Auto verkaufen.

We want to sell our old car.

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

verkauft#1,806
sold, sellsA1

Wir haben unser altes Auto verkauft.
We've sold our old car.

How common is verkaufen?

verkaufen is number 2,402 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words. Its most frequent form is verkauft (#1,806).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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. 2,398das Tieranimal
  2. 2,399fühltfeels
  3. 2,400Studentenstudents
  4. 2,401der Verlustloss
  5. 2,402verkaufento sell
  6. 2,403durchführento carry out, to conduct
  7. 2,404anlässlichon the occasion of
  8. 2,405erleichternto make easier, to relieve
  9. 2,406verbotenforbidden, prohibited

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