German adjective · CEFR B2
bestehende
Meaning in English: existing
This is a form of bestehend, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are bestehenden.
Example
Die bestehende Straße wird im Sommer verbreitert.
The existing road will be widened in summer.
How common is bestehende?
bestehende is number 1,969 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 47 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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
- 1,965trafmet, hit (past)
- 1,966einstonce, formerly
- 1,967die Beziehungrelationship, connection
- 1,968kleinsmall, little
- 1,969bestehendeexisting
- 1,970Bundesof the federation (genitive)
- 1,971der Fußfoot
- 1,972der Computercomputer(s)
- 1,973der Geburtstagbirthday
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,969
- The most common German adjectives#297
- German B2 vocabulary#308
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