German verb · CEFR B2
durchsetzen
Meaning in English: to enforce, to assert (oneself)
Example
Sie konnte sich im Team gut durchsetzen.
She was able to assert herself well in the team.
How common is durchsetzen?
durchsetzen is number 4,341 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 53,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
durchsetzen is built from setzen (to set, to put; sich setzen = sit down).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,337entlassento dismiss, to discharge, released
- 4,338bedientserved, operated
- 4,339das Geschlechtgender, sex
- 4,340die Akzeptanzacceptance
- 4,341durchsetzento enforce, to assert (oneself)
- 4,342benanntnamed
- 4,343der Lkwtruck, lorry
- 4,344Besonderheitenspecial features, peculiarities
- 4,345die Abspracheagreement, arrangement
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,341
- The most common German verbs#1,094
- German B2 vocabulary#1,033
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