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German adverb · CEFR A2

besonders

Meaning in English: especially, particularly

Rank 187 of 5,000adverbLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Der Kuchen ist heute besonders lecker.

The cake is especially good today.

Forms of besonders in the top 5,000

These forms of besonders are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

besonderer#2,236
special, particular (inflected)B1

Heute ist ein ganz besonderer Tag für uns.
Today is a very special day for us.

How common is besonders?

besonders is number 187 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 464 times per million words — about once every 2,200 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 50% 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. 183alsoso, therefore; well
  2. 184allerdingshowever; certainly
  3. 185unsererour (dat./gen. fem.)
  4. 186wollento want (to)
  5. 187besondersespecially, particularly
  6. 188diesenthis (acc. masc.); these (dat.)
  7. 189alleseverything, all
  8. 190stattinstead of
  9. 191allenall (dative plural)

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