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German pronoun · CEFR A1

sich

Meaning in English: oneself, himself, herself, themselves

Rank 16 of 5,000pronounLevel A1
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Example

Er freut sich auf das Wochenende.

He is looking forward to the weekend.

How common is sich?

sich is number 16 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 7,421 times per million words — about once every 130 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 24% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 12istis
  2. 13aufon, onto; open
  3. 14sieshe, they; her, them
  4. 15eina, an; one
  5. 16sichoneself, himself, herself, themselves
  6. 17einea, an (feminine); one
  7. 18esit
  8. 19desof the (genitive, masc./neut.)
  9. 20auchalso, too, as 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.