German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

die Aufsicht

Meaning in English: supervision, oversight

Rank 4,939 of 5,000noun · dieLevel B2
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Example

Kinder dürfen nur unter Aufsicht ins Becken.

Children may only go in the pool under supervision.

Der, die or das?

Aufsicht is feminine: die Aufsicht. How to tell the gender from the ending.

How common is Aufsicht?

Aufsicht is number 4,939 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 62,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 79% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

Aufsicht is built from die Sicht (view, visibility; point of view).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,935der Erziehernursery teacher, educator
  2. 4,936zugestimmtagreed, approved
  3. 4,937gelbeyellow
  4. 4,938Abteilungendepartments
  5. 4,939die Aufsichtsupervision, oversight
  6. 4,940Werkzeugetools
  7. 4,941buntencolourful
  8. 4,942der Rauchsmoke
  9. 4,943das Comebackcomeback

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