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German adjective · CEFR B2

angewiesen

Meaning in English: dependent (on), reliant

Rank 2,457 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B2
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Example

Viele Rentner sind auf Hilfe angewiesen.

Many pensioners depend on help.

How common is angewiesen?

angewiesen is number 2,457 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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. 2,453erinnernremind; remember (sich)
  2. 2,454befragtensurveyed, questioned
  3. 2,455viavia, by way of
  4. 2,456stelltenput, placed; asked (past, plural)
  5. 2,457angewiesendependent (on), reliant
  6. 2,458der Erhaltreceipt; preservation
  7. 2,459Energienenergies
  8. 2,460die Juryjury, panel of judges
  9. 2,461der Rangrank, place

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