German adverb · CEFR A2
übrigens
Meaning in English: by the way
Example
Übrigens, Anna lässt dich schön grüßen.
By the way, Anna sends her regards.
How common is übrigens?
übrigens is number 1,446 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 63 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,442das Modellmodel
- 1,443frühearly
- 1,444gefahrendriven, gone (by vehicle)
- 1,445die Voraussetzungrequirement, prerequisite
- 1,446übrigensby the way
- 1,447angekündigtannounced
- 1,448Fahrzeugevehicles
- 1,449der Testtest
- 1,450vermittelnto convey, to arrange, to mediate
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