German adjective · CEFR B2
fällig
Meaning in English: due, payable
Example
Die Miete ist am Ersten des Monats fällig.
The rent is due on the first of the month.
How common is fällig?
fällig is number 4,672 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,668die Promotiondoctorate, PhD
- 4,669früheearly
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- 4,671absoluteabsolute
- 4,672fälligdue, payable
- 4,673die Bedrohungthreat
- 4,674attraktivermore attractive; attractive
- 4,675wechseltechanged, switched
- 4,676heiligenholy, sacred
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