allgemein
Meaning in English: general, generally
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Allgemein gesagt bin ich ganz zufrieden.
Generally speaking, I'm quite satisfied.
Forms of allgemein in the top 5,000
These forms of allgemein are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Im Allgemeinen stehe ich früh auf.
In general I get up early.
Die allgemeine Stimmung im Team ist gut.
The general mood in the team is good.
How common is allgemein?
allgemein is number 2,613 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 29,000 words. Its most frequent form is allgemeinen (#1,125).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% 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
- 2,609die Verlängerungextension; extra time
- 2,610Beschwerdencomplaints; aches, symptoms
- 2,611brauche(I) need
- 2,612gebotenoffered
- 2,613allgemeingeneral, generally
- 2,614gelingensucceed, turn out well
- 2,615kommendecoming, next
- 2,616einerseitson the one hand
- 2,617herrschtprevails, there is; rules
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,613
- The most common German adjectives#399
- German B1 vocabulary#844
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.