bestehenden
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 bestehende.
Example
Die bestehenden Verträge bleiben gültig.
The existing contracts remain valid.
How common is bestehenden?
bestehenden is number 1,836 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 50 times per million words — about once every 20,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
bestehenden is built from bestehen (pass (an exam); exist; consist).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,832Kartencards, tickets, maps
- 1,833der Chefboss
- 1,834die TürkeiTurkey
- 1,835nähercloser, nearer; more closely
- 1,836bestehendenexisting
- 1,837besonderesspecial, particular
- 1,838bewegento move
- 1,839zogpulled, moved
- 1,840das Geländegrounds, site, terrain
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,836
- The most common German adjectives#274
- German B2 vocabulary#273
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.