betroffen
Meaning in English: affected; dismayed
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Vom Stromausfall war die ganze Straße betroffen.
The whole street was affected by the power cut.
Forms of betroffen in the top 5,000
These forms of betroffen are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Die betroffenen Kunden bekommen ihr Geld zurück.
The affected customers will get their money back.
Betroffene Kunden bekommen ihr Geld zurück.
Affected customers will get their money back.
How common is betroffen?
betroffen is number 821 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 109 times per million words — about once every 9,200 words. Its most frequent form is betroffenen (#696).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% 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
- 817bestebest
- 818der Austauschexchange
- 819Anforderungenrequirements, demands
- 820die Sichtview, visibility; point of view
- 821betroffenaffected; dismayed
- 822der Kreiscircle; district
- 823die Teilnahmeparticipation
- 824wichtigermore important
- 825ausschließlichexclusively, solely
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#821
- The 5,000 most common German words#821
- The most common German adjectives#97
- German B2 vocabulary#80
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.