German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
Flammen
Meaning in English: flames
This is a form of Flamme, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Das ganze Dach stand in Flammen.
The whole roof was in flames.
How common is Flammen?
Flammen is number 3,740 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,736der Anwaltlawyer
- 3,737das Gefängnisprison
- 3,738Angeklagtendefendant(s) (oblique case, plural)
- 3,739das Kilogrammkilogram
- 3,740Flammenflames
- 3,741höchstensat most, at the most
- 3,742beauftragtcommissioned, hired, instructed
- 3,743Richtlinienguidelines
- 3,744die Wärmewarmth, heat
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