German determiner · CEFR B1
gewissen
Meaning in English: certain (inflected)
This is a form of gewiss, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are gewisse.
Example
Ab einem gewissen Alter wird man ruhiger.
From a certain age you calm down.
How common is gewissen?
gewissen is number 3,137 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,133eröffnento open (up)
- 3,134wiederholtrepeated(ly); repeats
- 3,135beendento end, to finish
- 3,136Patientinnen(female) patients
- 3,137gewissencertain (inflected)
- 3,138der Ermittlerinvestigator(s)
- 3,139Medikamentemedicines, medication
- 3,140chinesischenChinese
- 3,141kostenlosenfree (of charge)
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.