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German adjective · CEFR B2

gesellschaftlichen

Meaning in English: social, societal (inflected)

Rank 2,037 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B2

This is a form of gesellschaftlich, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are gesellschaftliche.

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Example

Er engagiert sich stark im gesellschaftlichen Leben.

He is very involved in social life.

How common is gesellschaftlichen?

gesellschaftlichen is number 2,037 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 45 times per million words — about once every 22,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% 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

  1. 2,033der Verlaufcourse, progress; history
  2. 2,034Bücherbooks
  3. 2,035die Sanierungrenovation, refurbishment
  4. 2,036sozialessocial (inflected)
  5. 2,037gesellschaftlichensocial, societal (inflected)
  6. 2,038der Verkaufsale, selling
  7. 2,039Schrittesteps
  8. 2,040der Trägersponsor, operator; strap; carrier
  9. 2,041vorliegento be available, to exist

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