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German adverb · CEFR B1

dafür

Meaning in English: for it; in favour; instead

Rank 144 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Ich habe keine Zeit dafür.

I don't have time for that.

How common is dafür?

dafür is number 144 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 598 times per million words — about once every 1,700 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 47% 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. 140weiterefurther, additional
  2. 141stehtstands; is (written)
  3. 142diesthis
  4. 143etwaabout, approximately
  5. 144dafürfor it; in favour; instead
  6. 145diesesthis (neuter)
  7. 146sagtesaid
  8. 147dortthere
  9. 148Datendata

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