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German adverb · CEFR A1

auch

Meaning in English: also, too, as well

Rank 20 of 5,000adverbLevel A1
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Example

Meine Freundin kommt auch mit.

My girlfriend is coming too.

How common is auch?

auch is number 20 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 6,610 times per million words — about once every 150 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 26% 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. 16sichoneself, himself, herself, themselves
  2. 17einea, an (feminine); one
  3. 18esit
  4. 19desof the (genitive, masc./neut.)
  5. 20auchalso, too, as well
  6. 21demthe (dative, masc./neut.)
  7. 22nichtnot
  8. 23werdento become; will (future)
  9. 24anat, on, to

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.