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German determiner · CEFR A1

seine

Meaning in English: his, its

Rank 105 of 5,000determinerLevel A1

This is a form of sein, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are seiner, seinen, seinem, seines.

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Example

Er ruft jeden Sonntag seine Mutter an.

He calls his mother every Sunday.

How common is seine?

seine is number 105 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 862 times per million words — about once every 1,200 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 45% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 101habehave (I)
  2. 102dochbut, yet; yes (contradicting)
  3. 103neuenew
  4. 104wurdenbecame; were (passive)
  5. 105seinehis, its
  6. 106diesemthis (dative, masc./neut.)
  7. 107das Prozentpercent
  8. 108ihrenher, their (acc. masc., dat. pl.)
  9. 109müssenmust, to have to

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.