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German determiner · CEFR A1

viele

Meaning in English: many, a lot of

Rank 90 of 5,000determinerLevel A1

This is a form of viel, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are vielen, vieles, vieler.

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Example

Viele Leute fahren im Sommer weg.

Many people go away in the summer.

How common is viele?

viele is number 90 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 995 times per million words — about once every 1,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 43% 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. 86einesa, one (genitive; neuter)
  2. 87sollshould, is supposed to
  3. 88abfrom (on); off
  4. 89seibe; is (reported speech)
  5. 90vielemany, a lot of
  6. 91Jahrenyears (dative plural)
  7. 92bereitsalready
  8. 93keineno, not any
  9. 94sehrvery, very much

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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.