German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
Hürden
Meaning in English: hurdles, obstacles
This is a form of Hürde, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Für Gründer gibt es viele bürokratische Hürden.
There are many bureaucratic hurdles for founders.
How common is Hürden?
Hürden is number 4,745 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,741Stiftungenfoundations (charitable)
- 4,742demokratischedemocratic
- 4,743ökologischeecological, organic
- 4,744fairefair
- 4,745Hürdenhurdles, obstacles
- 4,746Kapazitätencapacities
- 4,747Studiengängendegree programmes (dative plural)
- 4,748künstlicherartificial
- 4,749akademischenacademic
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,745
- The most common German nouns#2,078
- German B2 vocabulary#1,164
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