German adverb · CEFR B1
ansonsten
Meaning in English: otherwise, apart from that
Example
Mir tut der Kopf weh, ansonsten geht's mir gut.
I've got a headache, but otherwise I'm fine.
How common is ansonsten?
ansonsten is number 2,328 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 39 times per million words — about once every 26,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% 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
- 2,324der Einwohnerinhabitant(s), resident(s)
- 2,325die Armeearmy
- 2,326gesorgtensured, caused; taken care
- 2,327interessanteinteresting (inflected)
- 2,328ansonstenotherwise, apart from that
- 2,329der Großteilmajority, large part
- 2,330funktionierento work, to function
- 2,331habt(you all) have
- 2,332überprüftchecked, verified
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