German adjective · CEFR B2
kirchlichen
Meaning in English: church (adj.), ecclesiastical
This is a form of kirchlich, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Sie arbeitet in einem kirchlichen Kindergarten.
She works in a church-run nursery school.
How common is kirchlichen?
kirchlichen is number 4,283 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 4,279woherwhere from
- 4,280ausgenommenexcept, excluded
- 4,281letztendlichultimately, in the end
- 4,282die Rettungrescue, salvation
- 4,283kirchlichenchurch (adj.), ecclesiastical
- 4,284die Meisterschaftchampionship
- 4,285sicherersafer, more certain
- 4,286auswählento select, to choose
- 4,287wissenschaftlichscientific, academic
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,283
- The most common German adjectives#761
- German B2 vocabulary#1,013
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