26words
24in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
| Word | English | How common |
|---|---|---|
| schnell | quickly | #236 0.048% of speech |
| langsam | slowly | #542 0.016% of speech |
| hier | here | #30 0.544% of speech |
| da | there | #48 0.407% of speech |
| immer | always | #88 0.188% of speech |
| nie | never | #110 0.134% of speech |
| heute | today | #127 0.111% of speech |
| gestern | yesterday | #392 0.025% of speech |
| morgen | tomorrow | #155 0.081% of speech |
| sehr | very | #93 0.163% of speech |
| wenig | little | #410 0.024% of speech |
| ziemlich | quite or enough | #366 0.027% of speech |
| zu viel | too much | outside the top 5,000 |
| gut | well | #58 0.327% of speech |
| schlecht | badly | #455 0.021% of speech |
| früh | early | #517 0.017% of speech |
| spät | late | #365 0.027% of speech |
| nah | close | #1179 0.006% of speech |
| weit | far | #326 0.030% of speech |
| oft | often | #475 0.019% of speech |
| nie im Leben | never ever | outside the top 5,000 |
| vielleicht | maybe | #100 0.153% of speech |
| jetzt | now | #63 0.314% of speech |
| später | later or after | #314 0.032% of speech |
| bald | soon | #319 0.031% of speech |
| kaum | barely | #502 0.018% of speech |
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