festgenommen
Meaning in English: arrested
This is a form of festnehmen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
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Die Polizei hat zwei Männer festgenommen.
The police have arrested two men.
How common is festgenommen?
festgenommen is number 2,521 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 36 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
festgenommen is built from fest (firm, solid, fixed).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,517werfenthrow
- 2,518die Eintrachtharmony, unity
- 2,519der Auftaktstart, kick-off
- 2,520Konzepteconcepts, plans
- 2,521festgenommenarrested
- 2,522praktischenpractical
- 2,523organisierenorganise
- 2,524die Autobahnmotorway, highway
- 2,525spätlate
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