ranken

C1 Verb frequency rank #10,191

What ranken means

Verb

to climb, trail (of a plant)
to grow in tendrils (of plants like ivy)
to be told (of stories, myths, etc.)

Forms

ranken · rankt · rankte · ist gerankt

Pronunciation

ranken in a sentence

Die Bohnen ranken an den Stangen nach oben.

The beans climb up the poles.

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ranken is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #10,191 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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