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Top 1,000verb, perfective

заня́ть

[zɐˈnʲætʲ]to take, to occupy; to borrow

Frequency rank #846 About 1 in every 9,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
занять #846

Meaning

  1. to take, to occupy; to borrow
  2. to borrow
  3. to lend (standard: одолжи́ть)

Examples

Э́то займёт час.

This will take an hour.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • заня́тьinfinitive#2,864
  • займётsingular, 3rd person, future#3,018
  • за́нялmasculine, singular, past#8,794
  • за́нялоneuter, singular, past#9,821
  • за́нялиplural, past#16,318
  • заняла́feminine, singular, past#16,368
  • займи́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#16,662
  • займу́singular, 1st person, future#18,421
  • займи́imperative, singular, 2nd person#23,230
  • займу́тplural, 3rd person, future#39,890
  • займёшьsingular, 2nd person, future#44,133
  • займёмplural, 1st person, future#45,120
  • заня́вшийpast, participle
  • за́нятыйpast, participle

and 3 more forms

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