German determiner · CEFR B1
manchen
Meaning in English: some (inflected)
This is a form of mancher, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
An manchen Tagen habe ich keine Lust aufzustehen.
On some days I don't feel like getting up.
How common is manchen?
manchen is number 2,354 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
- 2,350Kandidatencandidates
- 2,351die Ausstattungequipment, furnishings, features
- 2,352erforderlichenrequired, necessary (inflected)
- 2,353der Unternehmerentrepreneur(s), business owner(s)
- 2,354manchensome (inflected)
- 2,355der Busbus
- 2,356der Veranstalterorganiser(s), promoter(s)
- 2,357die Auszeichnungaward, honour; distinction
- 2,358Universitätenuniversities
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