German preposition · CEFR C1
zugunsten
Meaning in English: in favour of, for the benefit of
Example
Das Konzert findet zugunsten des Tierheims statt.
The concert is in aid of the animal shelter.
How common is zugunsten?
zugunsten is number 4,611 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 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,607qualifiziertqualified
- 4,608kennenzulernento get to know, to meet (zu-inf.)
- 4,609eigenständigindependent, on one's own
- 4,610öffentlicherpublic
- 4,611zugunstenin favour of, for the benefit of
- 4,612die Öffnungopening
- 4,613hoffentlichhopefully
- 4,614Clubsclubs
- 4,615körperlichenphysical
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