German noun, masculine · CEFR B2

Vorsitzender

Meaning in English: chairman, chair

Rank 2,788 of 5,000nounLevel B22 forms in the list

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

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Example

Er ist seit Jahren Vorsitzender des Vereins.

He has been chairman of the club for years.

Forms of Vorsitzender in the top 5,000

These forms of Vorsitzender are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Vorsitzenden#3,245
chair(person), leaderC1

Der Verein hat einen neuen Vorsitzenden gewählt.
The club has elected a new chairman.

How common is Vorsitzender?

Vorsitzender is number 2,788 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 32 times per million words — about once every 31,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% 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. 2,784schönenbeautiful, nice
  2. 2,785die Variantevariant, version
  3. 2,786ersetzenreplace
  4. 2,787lokalelocal
  5. 2,788Vorsitzenderchairman, chair
  6. 2,789der BundesratFederal Council (upper house)
  7. 2,790die Kenntnisknowledge, awareness
  8. 2,791die Identitätidentity
  9. 2,792das Bundesministeriumfederal ministry

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