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German determiner · CEFR A2

seiner

Meaning in English: his, its (dat./gen. fem.)

Rank 135 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, seinen, seinem, seines.

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Example

Er wohnt mit seiner Freundin zusammen.

He lives with his girlfriend.

How common is seiner?

seiner is number 135 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 650 times per million words — about once every 1,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 47% 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. 131obwhether, if
  2. 132das Unternehmencompany, business; undertaking
  3. 133Kinderchildren
  4. 134neuennew
  5. 135seinerhis, its (dat./gen. fem.)
  6. 136unsereour
  7. 137ganzquite, whole, entirely
  8. 138machento make, to do
  9. 139weiterfurther; on, onward

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