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German adjective · CEFR A2

besetzt

Meaning in English: occupied, taken, engaged

Rank 3,077 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A2
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Example

Entschuldigung, ist dieser Platz besetzt?

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

How common is besetzt?

besetzt is number 3,077 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,073fliegento fly
  2. 3,074solltestshould (you, informal)
  3. 3,075mitgeteiltinformed, communicated
  4. 3,076getrenntseparated, separately
  5. 3,077besetztoccupied, taken, engaged
  6. 3,078gestärktstrengthened
  7. 3,079die Gewerkschafttrade union
  8. 3,080hohemhigh (dative)
  9. 3,081wenwhom, who (accusative)

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