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German preposition · CEFR A1

am

Meaning in English: at the, on the (an + dem)

Rank 28 of 5,000prepositionLevel A1
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Am Montag habe ich einen Arzttermin.

I have a doctor's appointment on Monday.

How common is am?

am is number 28 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 4,172 times per million words — about once every 240 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 31% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 24anat, on, to
  2. 25beiat, near, with (someone's place)
  3. 26alsas; than; when (past)
  4. 27sindare
  5. 28amat the, on the (an + dem)
  6. 29ausfrom, out of; made of
  7. 30oderor
  8. 31nachafter; to (places); according to
  9. 32wiehow; like, as

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