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German adverb · CEFR A1

bald

Meaning in English: soon

Rank 758 of 5,000adverbLevel A1

False friend: bald is not “bald”. It means soon. A bald head is eine Glatze. More false friends.

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Bis bald und gute Reise!

See you soon and have a good trip!

How common is bald?

bald is number 758 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 118 times per million words — about once every 8,500 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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. 754die Sprachelanguage
  2. 755der Unterrichtlessons, class, teaching
  3. 756Kommunenmunicipalities, local authorities
  4. 757veröffentlichtpublished
  5. 758baldsoon
  6. 759gestaltendesign, shape, arrange
  7. 760nächstenext, nearest
  8. 761esseneat
  9. 762befindetis (located)

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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.