German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
Zinsen
Meaning in English: interest (on money)
This is a form of Zins, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Die Zinsen für Kredite sind gestiegen.
Interest rates on loans have gone up.
How common is Zinsen?
Zinsen is number 2,464 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,460die Juryjury, panel of judges
- 2,461der Rangrank, place
- 2,462gesellschaftlichesocial, societal
- 2,463rechtlichenlegal
- 2,464Zinseninterest (on money)
- 2,465die Niederlagedefeat
- 2,466diejenigenthose (who)
- 2,467Jahrhundertsof the century (genitive)
- 2,468die Bearbeitungprocessing, editing
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