verstehen
Meaning in English: understand
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Ich kann dich hier nicht gut verstehen.
I can't hear you properly here.
Forms of verstehen 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 verstehen are also in the top 5,000:
Niemand versteht, warum er gegangen ist.
Nobody understands why he left.
Hast du die Aufgabe verstanden?
Did you understand the task?
How common is verstehen?
verstehen is number 955 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 93 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% 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
- 951genugenough
- 952die Pflegecare, nursing
- 953die Versorgungsupply, provision, care
- 954technischentechnical
- 955verstehenunderstand
- 956die Behandlungtreatment
- 957die Kommunikationcommunication
- 958handelnact; trade; (sich um) be about
- 959das Gesetzlaw
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#955
- The 5,000 most common German words#955
- The most common German verbs#205
- German A1 vocabulary#350
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.