feilen

B2 Verb frequency rank #11,014

What feilen means

Verb

to file (to smooth or shape something with a file)
to work on, to fine-tune (to try to improve something to perfection, especially with smaller changes)

Forms

feilen · feilt · feilte · hat gefeilt (an + Dativ)

Pronunciation

feilen in a sentence

Er hat lange an seiner Idee gefeilt.

He spent a long time working on his idea, trying to get it just right.

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feilen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #11,014 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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