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German determiner · CEFR A2

seinen

Meaning in English: his, its (acc. masc., dat. pl.)

Rank 179 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, seinem, seines.

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Example

Er hat seinen Schlüssel verloren.

He has lost his key.

How common is seinen?

seinen is number 179 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 480 times per million words — about once every 2,100 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 49% 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. 175erhaltento receive; to preserve
  2. 176weilbecause
  3. 177kommento come
  4. 178nebennext to, beside; besides
  5. 179seinenhis, its (acc. masc., dat. pl.)
  6. 180die Polizeipolice
  7. 181lautloud; according to
  8. 182erstonly (not until); first
  9. 183alsoso, therefore; well

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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.