Bend, lean - Neigen (The 2997th Most Common German Word)

In German, the word for Bend, lean is Neigen. This word often comes up when talking about activities & movements, materials & quality. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2997th most commonly used word in German. It can be used as verb. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word’s pronunciation. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

en English: bend, lean

de German: neigen

Examples

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Vehicles tend to understeer when turning into and moving through bends. Beim Anlenken und in Kurven neigen Fahrzeuge zum Untersteuern.
Some runners tend to overpronation, the excessive bending inwards. Manche Läufer neigen allerdings zur Überpronation, dem übermäßigen Abknicken nach innen.
The tower leaned slightly to the west. Der Turm neigte sich leicht nach Westen.
She leaned towards me. Sie neigte sich mir zu.
He leaned towards me. Er neigte sich mir zu.
I leant towards entering even this path if necessary. Ich neigte dazu, auch diesen Weg zu betreten, sollte das nötig sein.
I've clean forgotten. Ich habe es vollständig vergessen.
I clean my room almost every day. Ich putze mein Zimmer fast täglich.

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Bend, lean - Neigen (The 2997th Most Common German Word)
It isn't clean. Es ist nicht sauber.
The river is no longer as clean as it used to be. Der Fluss ist nicht mehr so sauber, wie er einmal war.
This one is clean. Dieser ist sauber.
She's very clean. Sie sind sehr sauber.
The river has become much cleaner than before. Der Fluss ist viel sauberer geworden als zuvor.
The room is very clean. Das Zimmer ist sehr sauber.
I must clean the bathroom right away. Ich muss gleich das Badezimmer putzen.
We went to a lot of trouble to clean our new house. Wir haben uns viel Mühe gegeben, unser neues Haus zu putzen.
I saw her clean the room. Ich sah sie den Raum säubern.
I have to clean my room. Ich muss mein Zimmer aufräumen.
We've finished cleaning our classroom. Wir sind mit der Reinigung unseres Klassenzimmers fertig.
The more things I have, the more I am going to have to clean. Je mehr ich habe, desto mehr muss ich saubermachen.
Mother made me clean the bathroom. Meine Mutter ließ mich das Bad saubermachen.

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Bend, lean - Neigen (The 2997th Most Common German Word)

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