German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
Willen
Meaning in English: will (accusative, dative)
This is a form of Wille, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Er hat einen sehr starken Willen.
He has a very strong will.
How common is Willen?
Willen is number 3,579 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,575trugwore; carried
- 3,576Fortbildungenfurther training courses
- 3,577endeteended
- 3,578üblichusual, customary
- 3,579Willenwill (accusative, dative)
- 3,580ordentlichtidy, neat; proper
- 3,581SyrienSyria
- 3,582abgelehntrejected, turned down
- 3,583zukünftigefuture
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