German verb · CEFR B2

versorgen

Meaning in English: to supply, to look after

Rank 3,306 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Wer kann im Urlaub unsere Katze versorgen?

Who can look after our cat while we're on holiday?

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

versorgt#2,312
supplied, provided; looked afterB2

Die Verletzten wurden sofort versorgt.
The injured were treated immediately.

How common is versorgen?

versorgen is number 3,306 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 26 times per million words — about once every 39,000 words. Its most frequent form is versorgt (#2,312).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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

  1. 3,302schätzento estimate; to appreciate
  2. 3,303ausfallento be cancelled, to fail
  3. 3,304Ansprücheclaims, demands, standards
  4. 3,305die Bestätigungconfirmation
  5. 3,306versorgento supply, to look after
  6. 3,307die Trennungseparation, break-up
  7. 3,308der Oberbürgermeister(lord) mayor
  8. 3,309Absolventengraduates
  9. 3,310bewältigento cope with, to manage

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