German verb · CEFR C1
weichen
Meaning in English: to give way (to), to yield
Example
Die alten Häuser mussten einem Neubau weichen.
The old houses had to make way for a new building.
How common is weichen?
weichen is number 3,696 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
- 3,692Erinnerungenmemories
- 3,693innovativeninnovative
- 3,694realreal
- 3,695rotred
- 3,696weichento give way (to), to yield
- 3,697der MittwochabendWednesday evening
- 3,698ausprobierento try out
- 3,699der Besitzpossession, property
- 3,700dankethanks, thank you
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