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German verb · CEFR B1

zerstört

Meaning in English: destroyed

Rank 2,661 of 5,000verbLevel B1

This is a form of zerstören, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Der Sturm hat viele Häuser zerstört.

The storm destroyed many houses.

How common is zerstört?

zerstört is number 2,661 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 2,657die Mieterent
  2. 2,658die Sprecherinspokeswoman, speaker (female)
  3. 2,659die Messetrade fair; mass (church)
  4. 2,660anerkanntrecognised, accepted
  5. 2,661zerstörtdestroyed
  6. 2,662schwererheavier, harder
  7. 2,663galtwas considered; applied (past)
  8. 2,664der Mutcourage
  9. 2,665seitenson the part of

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