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An example use of sind in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… du weißt nicht, ob sie vor dir sind und du magst, dass ihr beide auf der …”
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the word sind occurs in german on average 3424.3 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.