German adjective · CEFR C1
anstehenden
Meaning in English: upcoming, pending
This is a form of anstehend, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Wir müssen über die anstehenden Aufgaben sprechen.
We need to talk about the tasks coming up.
How common is anstehenden?
anstehenden is number 4,700 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,696das Geschenkpresent, gift
- 4,697der Schiedsrichterreferee
- 4,698berühmtenfamous
- 4,699Schuljahresschool year (genitive)
- 4,700anstehendenupcoming, pending
- 4,701wirstwill; become (du form)
- 4,702buntecolourful, multicoloured
- 4,703drückento press, to push
- 4,704Liedersongs
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,700
- The most common German adjectives#863
- German C1 vocabulary#335
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