German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

der Ablauf

Meaning in English: procedure, course (of events)

Rank 1,630 of 5,000noun · derLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Können Sie mir den Ablauf kurz erklären?

Could you briefly explain the procedure to me?

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Ablauf is masculine: der Ablauf. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Ablauf in the top 5,000

These forms of Ablauf are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Abläufe#4,848
processes, proceduresB2

Neue Kollegen müssen erst die Abläufe kennenlernen.
New colleagues first have to learn the procedures.

How common is Ablauf?

Ablauf is number 1,630 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 57 times per million words — about once every 18,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,626aufsonto the, to the (auf das)
  2. 1,627der Urlaubholiday, vacation
  3. 1,628begleitento accompany
  4. 1,629unklarunclear
  5. 1,630der Ablaufprocedure, course (of events)
  6. 1,631die Finanzierungfinancing, funding
  7. 1,632der Vorstandboard (of directors), committee
  8. 1,633schafftmanages, creates
  9. 1,634die Ligaleague

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