German noun, masculine · CEFR C1

der Angeklagte

Meaning in English: defendant, the accused

Rank 3,672 of 5,000noun · derLevel C12 forms in the list
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Example

Der Angeklagte schwieg während des ganzen Prozesses.

The defendant remained silent throughout the trial.

Der, die or das?

Angeklagte is masculine: der Angeklagte. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -e are usually die (170 of 193 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Angeklagte in the top 5,000

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

Angeklagten#3,738
defendant(s) (oblique case, plural)C1

Das Gericht sprach den Angeklagten frei.
The court acquitted the defendant.

How common is Angeklagte?

Angeklagte is number 3,672 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,668finanzierento finance, to fund
  2. 3,669veranstaltetorganised, hosted
  3. 3,670kümmerttakes care (of), looks after
  4. 3,671das Glasglass; jar
  5. 3,672der Angeklagtedefendant, the accused
  6. 3,673kontaktierento contact
  7. 3,674etabliertestablished
  8. 3,675der Sachschadendamage to property
  9. 3,676Komponentencomponents

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