aktuell
Meaning in English: current; currently
False friend: aktuell is not “actual”. It means current or up to date. “Actually” is eigentlich or tatsächlich. More false friends.
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Die Preise sind aktuell sehr hoch.
Prices are very high at the moment.
Forms of aktuell in the top 5,000
These forms of aktuell are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Hast du die aktuellen Zahlen schon gesehen?
Have you seen the latest figures yet?
Kennst du die aktuelle Adresse von Anna?
Do you know Anna's current address?
Ist das ein aktueller Fahrplan?
Is that a current timetable?
How common is aktuell?
aktuell is number 335 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 255 times per million words — about once every 3,900 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 55% 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
- 331besserbetter
- 332Schülerinnen(female) pupils
- 333Angabendetails, information, data
- 334bisherso far, until now
- 335aktuellcurrent; currently
- 336unterstütztsupports; supported
- 337bleibento stay, to remain
- 338weiterhinstill, further, continue to
- 339späterlater
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#335
- The 1,000 most common German words#335
- The 5,000 most common German words#335
- The most common German adjectives#26
- German B1 vocabulary#54
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.