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German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

Beamte

Meaning in English: civil servant(s), officer(s)

Rank 2,974 of 5,000nounLevel B22 forms in the list

This is a form of Beamter, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Zwei Beamte kontrollierten unsere Pässe.

Two officers checked our passports.

Forms of Beamte in the top 5,000

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

Beamten#1,409
civil servants, officersB2

Die Beamten am Flughafen kontrollierten unsere Pässe.
The officers at the airport checked our passports.

How common is Beamte?

Beamte is number 2,974 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words. Its most frequent form is Beamten (#1,409).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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. 2,970die Aufklärungclarification, education, Enlightenment
  2. 2,971die Bereitstellungprovision, supply
  3. 2,972starbdied
  4. 2,973die Kleidungclothes, clothing
  5. 2,974Beamtecivil servant(s), officer(s)
  6. 2,975darstellento represent, to depict
  7. 2,976schautlooks, watches
  8. 2,977der Traumdream
  9. 2,978erkanntrecognised, realised

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