German adjective · CEFR B2
heimischen
Meaning in English: local, native, domestic
This is a form of heimisch, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Wir kaufen Obst von heimischen Bauern.
We buy fruit from local farmers.
How common is heimischen?
heimischen is number 2,878 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 33,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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
- 2,874der Helferhelper, volunteer
- 2,875der Coachcoach
- 2,876eingereichtsubmitted, handed in
- 2,877der Kellercellar, basement
- 2,878heimischenlocal, native, domestic
- 2,879die Notneed, hardship, distress
- 2,880externeexternal
- 2,881ehrenamtlichevoluntary, volunteer
- 2,882der Briefletter
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,878
- The most common German adjectives#466
- German B2 vocabulary#569
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