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German noun, masculine · CEFR B1

Kandidaten

Meaning in English: candidates

Rank 2,350 of 5,000nounLevel B1

This is a form of Kandidat, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Alle Kandidaten mussten eine Rede halten.

All the candidates had to give a speech.

How common is Kandidaten?

Kandidaten is number 2,350 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 38 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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

  1. 2,346interessantinteresting
  2. 2,347gefährlichdangerous
  3. 2,348Forderungendemands, claims
  4. 2,349besserenbetter (inflected)
  5. 2,350Kandidatencandidates
  6. 2,351die Ausstattungequipment, furnishings, features
  7. 2,352erforderlichenrequired, necessary (inflected)
  8. 2,353der Unternehmerentrepreneur(s), business owner(s)
  9. 2,354manchensome (inflected)

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