German preposition · CEFR A2
außer
Meaning in English: except, apart from
Example
Alle außer mir waren schon da.
Everyone except me was already there.
How common is außer?
außer is number 1,597 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 57 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 69% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,593das Urteilverdict, judgement
- 1,594entscheidetdecides
- 1,595Vorteileadvantages
- 1,596zufriedensatisfied, content
- 1,597außerexcept, apart from
- 1,598erscheintappears, is published
- 1,599vielesmuch, many things
- 1,600höherehigher
- 1,601die Hauptstadtcapital (city)
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