zeigen
Meaning in English: to show
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Kannst du mir zeigen, wie das funktioniert?
Can you show me how it works?
Forms of zeigen 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 zeigen are also in the top 5,000:
Er zeigt uns seine Urlaubsfotos.
He is showing us his holiday photos.
Er hat uns die ganze Stadt gezeigt.
He showed us the whole city.
Die Uhr zeigte schon Mitternacht.
The clock already showed midnight.
Die Kinder zeigten uns stolz ihre Bilder.
The children proudly showed us their pictures.
Komm, ich zeige dir mein neues Zimmer.
Come on, I'll show you my new room.
How common is zeigen?
zeigen is number 362 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 239 times per million words — about once every 4,200 words. Its most frequent form is zeigt (#272).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 55% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- The 1,000 most common German words#362
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- German A1 vocabulary#208
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.