allein
Meaning in English: alone; only
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Wohnst du allein oder mit Freunden?
Do you live alone or with friends?
Forms of allein in the top 5,000
These forms of allein are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Das schaffe ich auch alleine.
I can manage that on my own.
How common is allein?
allein is number 555 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 161 times per million words — about once every 6,200 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% 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
- 551langlong
- 552sofortimmediately, right away
- 553schließlichfinally, after all
- 554bislangso far, until now
- 555alleinalone; only
- 556digitaledigital
- 557regelmäßigregular(ly)
- 558das Autocar
- 559gestelltput, placed; asked (a question)
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#555
- The 5,000 most common German words#555
- German A2 vocabulary#144
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.