German adjective · CEFR B1

übrig

Meaning in English: left (over), remaining

Rank 4,170 of 5,000adjectiveLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Ist noch Kuchen übrig?

Is there any cake left?

Forms of übrig in the top 5,000

These forms of übrig are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

übrigen#2,391
remaining, other; (im Übrigen) besidesB2

Die übrigen Gäste kommen später.
The other guests are coming later.

How common is übrig?

übrig is number 4,170 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 51,000 words. Its most frequent form is übrigen (#2,391).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,166GottesGod's, of God
  2. 4,167der Innenministerinterior minister, home secretary
  3. 4,168der Moderatorpresenter, host
  4. 4,169der Transfertransfer
  5. 4,170übrigleft (over), remaining
  6. 4,171die Wahrscheinlichkeitprobability, likelihood
  7. 4,172der Mangellack, shortage, defect
  8. 4,173leidsorry (in "es tut mir leid")
  9. 4,174ambulantenoutpatient

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