German determiner · CEFR A1
bisschen
Meaning in English: a bit, a little
Example
Kannst du ein bisschen leiser sein?
Can you be a bit quieter?
How common is bisschen?
bisschen is number 1,482 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 62 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% 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
- 1,478die Sitzungmeeting, session
- 1,479die Mehrheitmajority
- 1,480lebtlives
- 1,481die Nachhaltigkeitsustainability
- 1,482bisschena bit, a little
- 1,483Beiträgecontributions, posts, fees
- 1,484gehe(I) go
- 1,485das Ministeriumministry
- 1,486individuellindividual, individually
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