German verb · CEFR B2
verläuft
Meaning in English: runs, goes (a process, a road)
This is a form of verlaufen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Die Grenze verläuft mitten durch den Wald.
The border runs right through the forest.
How common is verläuft?
verläuft is number 4,861 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,857der Rasenlawn, grass
- 4,858täglichedaily
- 4,859die Jugendhilfeyouth welfare services
- 4,860ältestenoldest, eldest
- 4,861verläuftruns, goes (a process, a road)
- 4,862der Tanzdance
- 4,863die Milchmilk
- 4,864festgelegtenfixed, specified
- 4,865Verbändenassociations (dative plural)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,861
- The most common German verbs#1,212
- German B2 vocabulary#1,196
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