German adverb · CEFR B1
circa
Meaning in English: approximately, about
Example
Die Fahrt dauert circa zwei Stunden.
The journey takes about two hours.
How common is circa?
circa is number 3,483 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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
- 3,479klarenclear
- 3,480der Gebrauchuse, usage
- 3,481eingegangenreceived, arrived; entered into
- 3,482installiertinstalled
- 3,483circaapproximately, about
- 3,484die Theorietheory
- 3,485die Vereinigungassociation, union; unification
- 3,486Jobsjobs
- 3,487endgültigfinal, definitive; for good
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