[Course Forum] 5000 German Words (Top 87% sorted by frequency) by poncoosh

I think this is the word list that Memries uses: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19h8D3rc_sDwHfXt_9xObPZun9TZwZuYd/view

Here is a Memries course that you may be interested in, but it has some strange definitions along with incomplete transitive/intransitive definitions: https://www.memrise.com/course/226123/all-irregular-and-strong-verbs-by-frequency-of-use/

Iā€™ve added both definitions, but I am not sure they are necessary as the first initials of the German words are included.

Thereā€™s no one word list thatā€™s the definitive source, and nobodyā€™s pretending it really IS exactly the top 5000 words used in German, but a fair bit of effort has been put in by various people over the years to keep it close.

If you particularly wanted to learn strong verb endings there are other courses and even other sites online that specialize in that sort of thing.

E.g. this is another course I have contributor rights to after the original author stopped maintaining it:

https://www.memrise.com/course/1457421/irregularstrong-german-verbs/

Happy to pass on such rights to anybody else thatā€™s interested in maintaining it.

Hi, in level 93, there is a word ā€œEinstellungā€.
My Germany teacher told us that one of the strong meaning of this word is something like becoming employed. I am not sure of the right word in english, something like Employment or Recruitment. What do you think?

Hereā€™s something in German:

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Einstellung

In English, with examples:

https://de.pons.com/Ć¼bersetzung/deutsch-englisch/Einstellung

In everyday German
, Iā€™d say that the translation ā€œattitudeā€ (er hat nicht die richtige Einstellung" - he doesnā€™t have the right attitude) would be one of the most common translations. Iā€™d definitely put it first in the list if it was me doing the English translations.

HenryTheFourth, I agree with Amanda and dict.cc, and moved ā€œattitudeā€ to the front of the list, though I usually try not to change word orders.
Leland

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Hmm, ā€œSettingā€ is by far the most common translation I see, particularly in a computer/IT context. But Iā€™m not too fussed.

In the context you mention, sure, ā€œEinstellungenā€ would mean ā€œsettingsā€, like on your phone or computer etc., but it really is limited to that special usage.

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Hi, I came across word ā€œĆ¼berfallenā€ in level 94. You have the meanings ā€œto attackā€ and ā€œto invadeā€. But there could be another meaning, I think ā€œto fall overā€ or ā€œtrip (over)ā€.
Henry

I donā€™t think so. That would be umfallen (or hinfallen)

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If you did use ā€œfallenā€ with ā€œĆ¼berā€ to mean ā€œfall overā€, it would be a regular verb plus preposition, not ā€œĆ¼berfallenā€.

ā€œAls er im Wald spazieren war, ist er Ć¼ber einen groƟen Baumstamm gefallen.ā€

As I wrote that sentence, I wondered if it would be better to say, ā€œist er Ć¼ber einen Baumstamm gestolpert.ā€ Any input from some native speakers of German, not just fakes like me??? :smiley:

Hello, there is a little issue with word ā€œauƟerhalbā€. You have written in brackets something like: ā€œnot drauƟen, or auƟerhalbā€.
So itā€™s a little confusing :slight_smile:

Dylan, I have contributor rights to 5000 German Words but am unable to edit the word auƟerhalb for some reason. It is definitely there in Level 73. I can edit any other word but not auƟer or auƟerhalb. Can you edit one of those words?
Leland

Have you tried via the database?

https://www.memrise.com/course/47049/5000-words-top-87-sorted-by-frequency/edit/database/49372/?q=outside

(for some reason it doesnā€™t show up searching for ā€œauƟerā€)

I still canā€™t alter auƟer or auƟerhalb directly but I can get to the correct entry if I use the search term 'outside".

Are you familiar with the contributor named misxifRM. I presume he was recently added to the list.

Can you edit it from that page? It lets me edit it fine, though I didnā€™t try saving it. At any rate I donā€™t have any special rights that you donā€™t.
I think I might have added mixsifRM, he was around for a while but havenā€™t seen any sign of him recently.

Yes I can edit from that or any page that I can pull up. Not being able to search for some of the German terms is new, and I suspect, a bug (unintended feature). Iā€™ve noticed some other differences also.

Suggestion: How about if we eliminate all of the ā€œKey Holdersā€, except for you and me?

Hi, there is another meaning for word ā€œDas Eisā€. You have written ā€œiceā€, but I think the word ā€œice-creamā€ is also important. Now in sommer I definitely use the word ice-cream more than ice :slight_smile:

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Ice cream added.

Unless thereā€™s some reason to believe somebodyā€™s been editing the course without mentioning it here, donā€™t see any reason to remove contributors. Sucks that thereā€™s no history that shows whoā€™s edited what.