German noun, neuter · CEFR B2
Kriterien
Meaning in English: criteria
This is a form of Kriterium, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Nach welchen Kriterien wählt ihr die Bewerber aus?
What criteria do you use to choose applicants?
How common is Kriterien?
Kriterien is number 2,172 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 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
- 2,168die Kameracamera
- 2,169wesentlichenessential, main (inflected)
- 2,170die Maßnahmemeasure, step
- 2,171nennento name, to call
- 2,172Kriteriencriteria
- 2,173erzählento tell, to narrate
- 2,174engagierento get involved; to hire
- 2,175der Hunddog
- 2,176das Wachstumgrowth
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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.