German adjective · CEFR B2
gelegen
Meaning in English: situated, located; convenient
Example
Das Hotel ist direkt am See gelegen.
The hotel is located right on the lake.
How common is gelegen?
gelegen is number 3,749 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 45,000 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
- 3,745das Messerknife
- 3,746scheinento seem; to shine
- 3,747amerikanischenAmerican
- 3,748Verbindungenconnections, links
- 3,749gelegensituated, located; convenient
- 3,750geleitetled, managed, run
- 3,751komplexecomplex
- 3,752westlichenwestern
- 3,753ruhigquiet, calm
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- The 5,000 most common German words#3,749
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