Vokabahn

reiben

C1 Verb frequency rank #6,699

What reiben means

Verb

  1. to rub; to chafe
  2. to grate

Forms

reiben · reibt · rieb · hat gerieben (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

reiben in a sentence

Der neue Schuh reibt an der Ferse.

The new shoe chafes at the heel.

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reiben is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #6,699 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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