national
Meaning in English: national
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Das Problem lässt sich nicht national lösen.
The problem can't be solved at national level.
Forms of national in the top 5,000
These forms of national are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Am nationalen Feiertag haben die Läden zu.
The shops are closed on the national holiday.
Jedes Land hat seine nationale Küche.
Every country has its national cuisine.
How common is national?
national is number 4,719 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words. Its most frequent form is nationalen (#1,688).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on national:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,715warmwarm
- 4,716eingetragenregistered, entered
- 4,717Fahrtenjourneys, trips, rides
- 4,718Paarecouples, pairs
- 4,719nationalnational
- 4,720zuversichtlichconfident, optimistic
- 4,721totedead
- 4,722sportlichsporty, athletic
- 4,723Bussebuses
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,719
- The most common German adjectives#869
- German B2 vocabulary#1,153
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.