Verb

vertreten

to represent

B1 rank #1,006

Meanings

Verb

to represent
to step in, fill (a stead, gap)
to fill in for, to substitute
to advocate, defend (a cause), to hold (an opinion)
to stretch one's legs (sich die Füße vertreten)

In a sentence

Herr Meier vertritt heute seinen kranken Kollegen.

Mr Meier is standing in for his sick colleague today.

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Forms

vertreten · vertritt · vertrat · hat vertreten (+ Akkusativ)

vertreten is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #1,006 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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