German verb · CEFR C1

wahrnehmen

Meaning in English: to perceive; to keep (appointment)

Rank 4,664 of 5,000verbLevel C12 forms in the list
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Example

Ich kann den Termin leider nicht wahrnehmen.

Unfortunately I can't make the appointment.

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

wahrgenommen#3,364
perceived, noticedB2

Ich habe den Geruch kaum wahrgenommen.
I barely noticed the smell.

How common is wahrnehmen?

wahrnehmen is number 4,664 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words. Its most frequent form is wahrgenommen (#3,364).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Related words in the list

wahrnehmen is built from wahr (true) + nehmen (to take).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,660die Kontaktaufnahmegetting in touch, making contact
  2. 4,661unterhaltento talk, to chat; to entertain
  3. 4,662Fahrgästepassengers
  4. 4,663beliebtestenmost popular
  5. 4,664wahrnehmento perceive; to keep (appointment)
  6. 4,665gewarntwarned
  7. 4,666die Wendeturn, turning point; reunification
  8. 4,667die Freundschaftfriendship
  9. 4,668die Promotiondoctorate, PhD

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