German noun, feminine · CEFR A2
Pflanzen
Meaning in English: plants
This is a form of Pflanze, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Kannst du im Urlaub meine Pflanzen gießen?
Can you water my plants while I'm on holiday?
How common is Pflanzen?
Pflanzen is number 1,741 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 53 times per million words — about once every 19,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,737das Jahrhundertcentury
- 1,738der Bezirkdistrict
- 1,739Strukturenstructures
- 1,740die Ernährungdiet, nutrition
- 1,741Pflanzenplants
- 1,742der Hinweisnote, hint, tip
- 1,743der Westenwest
- 1,744tutdoes; hurts (tut weh)
- 1,745allgemeinegeneral
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