German adjective · CEFR B2
gelassen
Meaning in English: calm, relaxed, composed
Example
Trotz des Stresses blieb sie ganz gelassen.
Despite the stress she stayed completely calm.
How common is gelassen?
gelassen is number 3,607 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 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
- 3,603der Direktordirector, head teacher
- 3,604das Signalsignal
- 3,605internationalerinternational
- 3,606die Richtlinieguideline, directive
- 3,607gelassencalm, relaxed, composed
- 3,608Jungsboys, guys (colloquial)
- 3,609geltendapplicable; (geltend machen) to claim
- 3,610das Kapitelchapter
- 3,611erlangento attain, to gain, to obtain
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