sicherstellen
Meaning in English: to ensure, to make sure
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Wir müssen sicherstellen, dass alle Bescheid wissen.
We have to make sure everyone knows.
Forms of sicherstellen in the top 5,000
German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of sicherstellen are also in the top 5,000:
Es muss sichergestellt sein, dass alle Bescheid wissen.
It must be ensured that everyone knows.
Wir tun alles, um Ihre Sicherheit sicherzustellen.
We do everything we can to ensure your safety.
How common is sicherstellen?
sicherstellen is number 4,419 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words. Its most frequent form is sichergestellt (#2,546).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
sicherstellen is built from sicher (safe; sure, certainly) + stellen (to put, to place (upright)) + erstellen (to create, to draw up).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,415schlichtsimple, plain; simply
- 4,416damaligethen, of that time
- 4,417das Rezeptrecipe, prescription
- 4,418handelteacted, traded; was about
- 4,419sicherstellento ensure, to make sure
- 4,420das Orchesterorchestra
- 4,421starkesstrong
- 4,422sichertsecures, safeguards
- 4,423lachento laugh
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,419
- The most common German verbs#1,109
- German B2 vocabulary#1,059
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.