German preposition · CEFR C1
angesichts
Meaning in English: in view of, given
Example
Angesichts des Wetters bleiben wir lieber zu Hause.
Given the weather, we'd rather stay at home.
How common is angesichts?
angesichts is number 1,047 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 86 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% 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
- 1,043der Anteilshare, proportion
- 1,044denkento think
- 1,045der Kopfhead
- 1,046der Arbeitgeberemployer
- 1,047angesichtsin view of, given
- 1,048welcherwhich
- 1,049geführtled, run, guided
- 1,050der Überblickoverview
- 1,051verantwortlichresponsible
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