German verb · CEFR B1
bestimmen
Meaning in English: to determine, to decide
Example
Heute darfst du bestimmen, was wir essen.
Today you get to decide what we eat.
How common is bestimmen?
bestimmen is number 2,377 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,373das Augeeye
- 2,374der Aufwandeffort, expense
- 2,375hinwegover, across (with über)
- 2,376fertigready, finished, done
- 2,377bestimmento determine, to decide
- 2,378jenethose, that (formal)
- 2,379sicheresafe, secure (inflected)
- 2,380die Stärkungstrengthening; refreshment
- 2,381weitgehendlargely, to a great extent
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