German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
Umständen
Meaning in English: circumstances (dative plural)
This is a form of Umstand, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are Umstände.
Example
Unter diesen Umständen sagen wir die Feier ab.
Under these circumstances we're cancelling the party.
How common is Umständen?
Umständen is number 2,260 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 40 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,256dauernto last, to take (time)
- 2,257der Vordergrundforeground
- 2,258rausout (colloquial)
- 2,259positivenpositive (inflected)
- 2,260Umständencircumstances (dative plural)
- 2,261der Musikermusician(s)
- 2,262beteiligento take part; to involve
- 2,263rotered (inflected)
- 2,264die Orientierungorientation, guidance
In these word lists
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.