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German preposition · CEFR A2

beim

Meaning in English: at the, while (bei + dem)

Rank 76 of 5,000prepositionLevel A2
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Beim Kochen höre ich gern Musik.

I like listening to music while cooking.

How common is beim?

beim is number 76 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,197 times per million words — about once every 840 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 42% 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. 72ihryou (plural); her; to her
  2. 73vomfrom the, of the (von + dem)
  3. 74dabeiwith it; in doing so; present
  4. 75wiederagain; back
  5. 76beimat the, while (bei + dem)
  6. 77unsus, to us; ourselves
  7. 78hierhere
  8. 79dieserthis (masculine)
  9. 80das Jahryear

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