laufende
Meaning in English: current, ongoing, running
This is a form of laufend, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are laufenden.
Example
Das laufende Jahr war sehr anstrengend.
The current year has been very tiring.
How common is laufende?
laufende is number 3,762 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
laufende is built from der Lauf (run, race; course (of)).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,758Kilometernkilometres (dative pl.)
- 3,759Modulemodules
- 3,760sportlichesporting, athletic, sporty
- 3,761Impfungenvaccinations
- 3,762laufendecurrent, ongoing, running
- 3,763regulärenregular, normal
- 3,764seidare (ihr form)
- 3,765weiterentwickeltdeveloped further
- 3,766die Lebensqualitätquality of life
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,762
- The most common German adjectives#652
- German B2 vocabulary#832
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.