German preposition · CEFR B2
aufgrund
Meaning in English: due to, because of
Example
Aufgrund des Wetters fällt das Fest aus.
The party is cancelled due to the weather.
How common is aufgrund?
aufgrund is number 300 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 288 times per million words — about once every 3,500 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 54% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
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