German adjective · CEFR C1

stellvertretende

Meaning in English: deputy, acting

Rank 4,406 of 5,000adjectiveLevel C1

This is a form of stellvertretend, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.

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Example

Die stellvertretende Direktorin leitet heute die Konferenz.

The deputy head is chairing the meeting today.

How common is stellvertretende?

stellvertretende is number 4,406 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.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,402das Zertifikatcertificate
  2. 4,403die Satzungstatutes, bylaws
  3. 4,404der Weltmeisterworld champion
  4. 4,405folgtenfollowed
  5. 4,406stellvertretendedeputy, acting
  6. 4,407trockendry
  7. 4,408oberstetop, highest, supreme
  8. 4,409der JännerJanuary (Austrian)
  9. 4,410stattgefundentaken place

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