German verb · CEFR B1

verteilen

Meaning in English: to distribute, to hand out

Rank 4,071 of 5,000verbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Kannst du die Zettel an alle verteilen?

Can you hand the sheets out to everyone?

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

verteilt#2,063
distributed, spread; handed outB1

Die Lehrerin hat die Tests schon verteilt.
The teacher has already handed out the tests.

How common is verteilen?

verteilen is number 4,071 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words. Its most frequent form is verteilt (#2,063).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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

  1. 4,067der Versandshipping, dispatch
  2. 4,068mehrererof several (genitive)
  3. 4,069Landkreisedistricts, counties
  4. 4,070der SonntagabendSunday evening
  5. 4,071verteilento distribute, to hand out
  6. 4,072dreimalthree times
  7. 4,073menschlichehuman
  8. 4,074BrasilienBrazil
  9. 4,075die Nationalmannschaftnational team

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