wünschen
Meaning in English: to wish, to want
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Wir wünschen euch schöne Ferien!
We wish you a lovely holiday!
Forms of wünschen 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 wünschen are also in the top 5,000:
Ich wünsche dir alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
I wish you a happy birthday!
Sie wünscht sich ein Fahrrad zum Geburtstag.
She wants a bike for her birthday.
Ich habe mir schon immer einen Hund gewünscht.
I've always wanted a dog.
Wählen Sie bitte die gewünschte Größe aus.
Please select the size you want.
How common is wünschen?
wünschen is number 1,163 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 78 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,159geschlossenclosed, shut
- 1,160richtetdirects, aims, arranges
- 1,161entferntaway, distant; removed
- 1,162zuständigenresponsible, competent
- 1,163wünschento wish, to want
- 1,164Regelungenrules, regulations
- 1,165beträgtamounts to, is
- 1,166beteiligtinvolved, taking part
- 1,167versuchento try
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