schöpfen

C1 Verb frequency rank #7,895

What schöpfen means

Verb

to scoop up, to draw (water, sand etc.) with a bucket
to draw (air), to inhale deeply
to draw, gain (strength, energy)
to take, gain, derive (something) from (in this sense there is a certain semantic overlap with the verb for “create” in etymology 2)

Forms

schöpfen · schöpft · schöpfte · hat geschöpft (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

schöpfen in a sentence

Sie ging zum Dorfbrunnen, um Wasser zu schöpfen.

She went to the village well to draw water.

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schöpfen is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #7,895 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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