Polyglot Dictionary

zählen

/ˈtsɛːlən/

verb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
zählt
past
zählte
perfect
hat gezählt

Meaning

  1. to count

    Also in "auf jemanden zählen" (to count on someone).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

auszählen

Auszählen is counting out or tallying up a specific total, like counting votes or counting out change; zählen is the general word for counting.

Similar in other languages

French

compter

compter is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to count."

Practice

1 What does zählen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ die Münzen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zählen?

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