German verb · CEFR B2

verursachen

Meaning in English: to cause

Rank 4,843 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Kleine Fehler können große Probleme verursachen.

Small mistakes can cause big problems.

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

verursacht#2,644
causedB2

Wer hat den Unfall verursacht?
Who caused the accident?

How common is verursachen?

verursachen is number 4,843 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 61,000 words. Its most frequent form is verursacht (#2,644).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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. 4,839das Gremiumcommittee, body
  2. 4,840der Awardaward
  3. 4,841ausgeführtcarried out, executed
  4. 4,842warnento warn
  5. 4,843verursachento cause
  6. 4,844die Kreuzungcrossroads, junction
  7. 4,845auszutauschento exchange, to replace (zu-inf.)
  8. 4,846vorrangigprimarily, priority
  9. 4,847einheitlicheuniform, standard

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