German verb · CEFR A2

zeichnen

Meaning in English: to draw

Rank 4,163 of 5,000verbLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Meine Tochter kann richtig gut zeichnen.

My daughter can draw really well.

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

zeichnet#2,487
draws; (sich aus) stands outA2

Meine Tochter zeichnet am liebsten Pferde.
My daughter likes drawing horses best.

How common is zeichnen?

zeichnen is number 4,163 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 50,000 words. Its most frequent form is zeichnet (#2,487).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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. 4,159kreativencreative
  2. 4,160die Verteilungdistribution, allocation
  3. 4,161sinkento sink, to fall
  4. 4,162die Quarantänequarantine
  5. 4,163zeichnento draw
  6. 4,164das Logologo
  7. 4,165Partiengames, matches
  8. 4,166GottesGod's, of God
  9. 4,167der Innenministerinterior minister, home secretary

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