German verb · CEFR C1
verschaffen
Meaning in English: to get, to obtain, to provide
Example
Ich muss mir erst einen Überblick verschaffen.
First I need to get an overview.
How common is verschaffen?
verschaffen is number 4,234 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,230regionalregional, locally
- 4,231der Effekteffect
- 4,232der Rettungsdienstambulance service, EMS
- 4,233habhave (I, colloquial)
- 4,234verschaffento get, to obtain, to provide
- 4,235die Feiercelebration, party
- 4,236die Optimierungoptimisation, improvement
- 4,237erlaubento allow, to permit
- 4,238die Prioritätpriority
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