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German determiner · CEFR A2

seinem

Meaning in English: his, its (dative, masc./neut.)

Rank 203 of 5,000determinerLevel A2

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

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Example

Er spielt gern mit seinem Hund.

He likes playing with his dog.

How common is seinem?

seinem is number 203 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 416 times per million words — about once every 2,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 50% 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. 199das Thematopic, subject
  2. 200bietetoffers
  3. 201wegenbecause of
  4. 202der Rahmenframe; framework, scope
  5. 203seinemhis, its (dative, masc./neut.)
  6. 204einfachsimple, easy; simply, just
  7. 205machtmakes, does
  8. 206vierfour
  9. 207michme; myself

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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.