German adverb · CEFR B2
angeblich
Meaning in English: supposedly, allegedly
Example
Er war angeblich den ganzen Tag krank.
He was supposedly ill all day.
How common is angeblich?
angeblich is number 2,938 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 30 times per million words — about once every 33,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,934berufenappointed, called
- 2,935konzentrierento concentrate, to focus
- 2,936herunterladento download
- 2,937der FreitagabendFriday evening
- 2,938angeblichsupposedly, allegedly
- 2,939breitenwide, broad (inflected)
- 2,940schwarzenblack (inflected)
- 2,941genaueexact, precise
- 2,942Krankenhäuserhospitals
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