German verb · CEFR C1
verwies
Meaning in English: referred, pointed (to)
This is a form of verweisen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are verweist.
Example
Die Verkäuferin verwies mich an ihren Kollegen.
The shop assistant referred me to her colleague.
How common is verwies?
verwies is number 3,723 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,719der Sportlerathlete, sportsman
- 3,720jüngsteyoungest; latest, most recent
- 3,721Zügetrains; moves; features
- 3,722nachweisento prove, to provide evidence of
- 3,723verwiesreferred, pointed (to)
- 3,724krankill, sick
- 3,725angemessenappropriate, reasonable
- 3,726dankbargrateful, thankful
- 3,727liebsten(am liebsten) most of all, best
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.