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/tɛkst/

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“… dieser theorien ein internet text zweier …”

meanings of text

noun:

Text (writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit).
Text (passage of a larger opus, often Scripture, examined and interpreted as a unit).
Lyrics, lines (words of a song, film, etc.).

text frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word text occurs in german on average 112.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.