German adverb · CEFR B1
beinahe
Meaning in English: almost, nearly
Example
Ich hätte beinahe den Bus verpasst.
I nearly missed the bus.
How common is beinahe?
beinahe is number 4,097 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,093haltehold, think, consider (I)
- 4,094verankertanchored, enshrined
- 4,095optimierento optimise
- 4,096Störungendisruptions, faults
- 4,097beinahealmost, nearly
- 4,098der Faktorfactor
- 4,099weitelong, wide, far
- 4,100pflegento care for, to maintain
- 4,101der Ausschusscommittee
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