German noun, feminine · CEFR A2
Sekunden
Meaning in English: seconds
This is a form of Sekunde, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Das Wasser kocht in wenigen Sekunden.
The water boils in a few seconds.
How common is Sekunden?
Sekunden is number 1,891 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 49 times per million words — about once every 21,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 70% 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
- 1,887bekanntewell-known, familiar
- 1,888langsamslow(ly)
- 1,889einsetzento use, to deploy; to stand up for
- 1,890maglike(s)
- 1,891Sekundenseconds
- 1,892rechtzeitigin time, on time
- 1,893die Internetseitewebsite, web page
- 1,894Geschichtenstories
- 1,895Institutioneninstitutions
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