German determiner · CEFR B1
manche
Meaning in English: some, many a
Example
Manche Leute stehen gern früh auf.
Some people like getting up early.
How common is manche?
manche is number 930 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 95 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% 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
- 926ziehenpull; move (house)
- 927stellteput, placed; asked (a question)
- 928verbessernimprove
- 929jährlichannual(ly), yearly
- 930manchesome, many a
- 931zentralecentral
- 932die Leutepeople
- 933Preiseprices; prizes
- 934übernehmentake over, take on
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#930
- The 5,000 most common German words#930
- German B1 vocabulary#242
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