bestimmt
Meaning in English: certainly, surely; certain
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Das klappt bestimmt, mach dir keine Sorgen.
It'll surely work out, don't worry.
Forms of bestimmt in the top 5,000
These forms of bestimmt are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Zu bestimmten Zeiten ist der Laden sehr voll.
At certain times the shop is very busy.
Gibt es im Wohnheim bestimmte Regeln?
Are there particular rules in the hall of residence?
Kinder bestimmter Altersgruppen zahlen weniger.
Children of certain age groups pay less.
How common is bestimmt?
bestimmt is number 1,307 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 70 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words. Its most frequent form is bestimmten (#907).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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
- 1,303beschlossendecided, resolved
- 1,304möglichenpossible
- 1,305Entscheidungendecisions
- 1,306der Freistaatfree state (Bavaria, Saxony…)
- 1,307bestimmtcertainly, surely; certain
- 1,308gespeichertsaved, stored
- 1,309die Linieline, route
- 1,310der Schadendamage, harm
- 1,311plötzlichsuddenly
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