German noun, neuter · CEFR B2
Jahrzehnten
Meaning in English: decades (dative plural)
This is a form of Jahrzehnt, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are Jahrzehnte.
Example
Seit Jahrzehnten wohnen sie im selben Haus.
They have lived in the same house for decades.
How common is Jahrzehnten?
Jahrzehnten is number 2,010 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 46 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
- 2,006liefertdelivers, supplies
- 2,007sitztsits, is sitting
- 2,008oftmalsoften, frequently
- 2,009außenoutside, on the outside
- 2,010Jahrzehntendecades (dative plural)
- 2,011kritisiertcriticised
- 2,012Artenkinds, types, species
- 2,013Bedürfnisseneeds
- 2,014sprachenspoke, talked (past)
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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.