German preposition · CEFR A1
ab
Meaning in English: from (on); off
Example
Ab nächster Woche arbeite ich wieder.
From next week I'm working again.
How common is ab?
ab is number 88 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,023 times per million words — about once every 980 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 43% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- The 100 most common German words#88
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- German A1 vocabulary#77
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