German determiner · CEFR C1
sämtliche
Meaning in English: all, entire
This is a form of sämtlich, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Sie hat sämtliche Bücher der Autorin gelesen.
She has read all of the author's books.
How common is sämtliche?
sämtliche is number 2,092 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 44 times per million words — about once every 23,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 71% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,088wichtigstemost important
- 2,089wirtschaftlicheeconomic (inflected)
- 2,090Zweckepurposes
- 2,091ausgestattetequipped, furnished
- 2,092sämtlicheall, entire
- 2,093Anträgeapplications, motions
- 2,094gesternyesterday
- 2,095die Ursachecause, reason
- 2,096die Freiheitfreedom, liberty
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