German adverb · CEFR B2
bislang
Meaning in English: so far, until now
Example
Bislang hat sich niemand beschwert.
So far nobody has complained.
How common is bislang?
bislang is number 554 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 161 times per million words — about once every 6,200 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 550erneutagain, once more
- 551langlong
- 552sofortimmediately, right away
- 553schließlichfinally, after all
- 554bislangso far, until now
- 555alleinalone; only
- 556digitaledigital
- 557regelmäßigregular(ly)
- 558das Autocar
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