German adverb · CEFR A1
abends
Meaning in English: in the evening
Example
Abends lese ich gern ein Buch.
In the evenings I like reading a book.
How common is abends?
abends is number 2,687 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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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