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German preposition · CEFR A1

an

Meaning in English: at, on, to

Rank 24 of 5,000prepositionLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Das Bild hängt an der Wand.

The picture is hanging on the wall.

Forms of an in the top 5,000

These forms of an are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

ans#2,245
to the, at the (an + das)A1

Im Sommer fahren wir ans Meer.
In summer we're going to the seaside.

How common is an?

an is number 24 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 5,400 times per million words — about once every 190 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 29% 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. 20auchalso, too, as well
  2. 21demthe (dative, masc./neut.)
  3. 22nichtnot
  4. 23werdento become; will (future)
  5. 24anat, on, to
  6. 25beiat, near, with (someone's place)
  7. 26alsas; than; when (past)
  8. 27sindare
  9. 28amat the, on the (an + dem)

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