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German noun, feminine · CEFR B2

Vorschriften

Meaning in English: regulations, rules

Rank 2,180 of 5,000nounLevel B2

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

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Example

Er hält sich nie an die Vorschriften.

He never follows the rules.

How common is Vorschriften?

Vorschriften is number 2,180 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 42 times per million words — about once every 24,000 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

  1. 2,176das Wachstumgrowth
  2. 2,177perfektperfect
  3. 2,178Freundenfriends (dative plural)
  4. 2,179aufgestelltset up, put up; drawn up
  5. 2,180Vorschriftenregulations, rules
  6. 2,181Verhandlungennegotiations; hearings
  7. 2,182gelungensucceeded; successful, well done
  8. 2,183die Auseinandersetzungargument, conflict; engagement
  9. 2,184geschafftmanaged, made it (past participle)

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