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German noun, feminine · CEFR C1

Sanktionen

Meaning in English: sanctions

Rank 3,639 of 5,000nounLevel C1

This is a form of Sanktion, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Die EU beschließt neue Sanktionen.

The EU is adopting new sanctions.

How common is Sanktionen?

Sanktionen is number 3,639 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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

  1. 3,635Fächernsubjects (dative pl.)
  2. 3,636übento practise
  3. 3,637die Gegenwartpresent (time); presence
  4. 3,638gültigvalid
  5. 3,639Sanktionensanctions
  6. 3,640die Formelformula
  7. 3,641schriftlichenwritten
  8. 3,642gemeintmeant
  9. 3,643geleistetachieved, done, performed

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