German conjunction · CEFR A1
aber
Meaning in English: but
Example
Das Essen war gut, aber zu teuer.
The food was good but too expensive.
How common is aber?
aber is number 49 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 2,453 times per million words — about once every 410 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 37% 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 500 most common German words#49
- The 1,000 most common German words#49
- The 5,000 most common German words#49
- German A1 vocabulary#48
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