German adverb · CEFR B2
äußerst
Meaning in English: extremely
Example
Die Lage ist äußerst schwierig.
The situation is extremely difficult.
How common is äußerst?
äußerst is number 2,539 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 35 times per million words — about once every 28,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,535Unterschiededifferences
- 2,536der Parkpark
- 2,537das Festivalfestival
- 2,538anzeigendisplay, show; report (to police)
- 2,539äußerstextremely
- 2,540die Kündigungnotice, termination, dismissal
- 2,541aktiveactive
- 2,542der Hinblickregard (im Hinblick auf)
- 2,543die Bibliotheklibrary
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