German verb · CEFR B1

verlangen

Meaning in English: to demand, to ask for

Rank 2,321 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list

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Example

Für ein Bier verlangen die hier sieben Euro!
They charge seven euros for a beer here!

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

verlangt#2,669

demanded, required, chargedB1

Der Kellner hat zehn Euro zu viel verlangt.
The waiter charged ten euros too much.

How common is verlangen?

verlangen is number 2,321 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

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