German noun, feminine · CEFR B1
Proben
Meaning in English: rehearsals, samples, tests
This is a form of Probe, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Die Proben für das Theaterstück beginnen morgen.
Rehearsals for the play start tomorrow.
How common is Proben?
Proben is number 3,865 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 46,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 3,861grüngreen
- 3,862Krisencrises
- 3,863die Beschreibungdescription
- 3,864die Religionreligion
- 3,865Probenrehearsals, samples, tests
- 3,866landento land
- 3,867analysierento analyse
- 3,868fachlicheprofessional, specialist
- 3,869Beratungenconsultations, deliberations
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,865
- The most common German nouns#1,671
- German B1 vocabulary#1,243
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