German noun, feminine · CEFR B2
Zellen
Meaning in English: cells
This is a form of Zelle, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Unser Körper bildet ständig neue Zellen.
Our body is constantly making new cells.
How common is Zellen?
Zellen is number 4,770 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 60,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% 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
- 4,766europäischerEuropean
- 4,767Highlightshighlights
- 4,768zugrundeat the bottom (zugrunde liegen/gehen)
- 4,769spanischenSpanish
- 4,770Zellencells
- 4,771mobilmobile
- 4,772gefährlichedangerous
- 4,773Katzencats
- 4,774die Mitarbeiterinemployee, colleague (female)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,770
- The most common German nouns#2,090
- German B2 vocabulary#1,172
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