sicherstellen

B2 Verb frequency rank #5,481

What sicherstellen means

Verb

to ensure, to make sure, to guarantee
to seize, confiscate a physical object as a measure to avert danger (a Gefahrenabwehrmaßnahme)

Forms

sicherstellen · stellt sicher · stellte sicher · hat sichergestellt

Pronunciation

sicherstellen in a sentence

Die Polizei hat die gefälschten Papiere sichergestellt.

The police seized the forged papers.

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sicherstellen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #5,481 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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