German adjective · CEFR B1

selbstständig

Meaning in English: independent; self-employed

Rank 2,830 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B1

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Example

Seit zwei Jahren bin ich selbstständig.
I've been self-employed for two years.

How common is selbstständig?

selbstständig is number 2,830 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

2,826bliebenstayed (past, plural)
2,827betreibtruns, operates
2,828der Kaffeecoffee
2,829steigernincrease, boost
2,830selbstständigindependent; self-employed
2,831das Kreuzcross; lower back
2,832die Motivationmotivation
2,833die Bilanzbalance sheet; outcome, record
2,834der Gastgeberhost

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The 5,000 most common German words#2,830
The most common German adjectives#458
German B1 vocabulary#907

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