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German adverb · CEFR B1

dabei

Meaning in English: with it; in doing so; present

Rank 74 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Hast du deinen Ausweis dabei?

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How common is dabei?

dabei is number 74 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,211 times per million words — about once every 830 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 42% 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

  1. 70gegenagainst; around (time)
  2. 71sowieas well as, and also
  3. 72ihryou (plural); her; to her
  4. 73vomfrom the, of the (von + dem)
  5. 74dabeiwith it; in doing so; present
  6. 75wiederagain; back
  7. 76beimat the, while (bei + dem)
  8. 77unsus, to us; ourselves
  9. 78hierhere

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