German adjective · CEFR B2
bisherigen
Meaning in English: previous, to date
This is a form of bisherig, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are bisherige.
Example
Mit meiner bisherigen Wohnung war ich sehr zufrieden.
I was very happy with my previous flat.
How common is bisherigen?
bisherigen is number 1,329 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 69 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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
- 1,325der Sohnson
- 1,326das Wetterweather
- 1,327teilnehmento take part
- 1,328der Vertreterrepresentative
- 1,329bisherigenprevious, to date
- 1,330zuhauseat home
- 1,331wohnento live, to reside
- 1,332bezeichnetcalled, described
- 1,333Änderungenchanges
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,329
- The most common German adjectives#189
- German B2 vocabulary#178
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.