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German adverb · CEFR B1

dagegen

Meaning in English: against it; on the other hand

Rank 700 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Hast du etwas dagegen, wenn ich das Fenster öffne?

Do you mind if I open the window?

How common is dagegen?

dagegen is number 700 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 129 times per million words — about once every 7,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% 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. 696betroffenenaffected
  2. 697der Preisprice; prize
  3. 698der Abschlussdegree, qualification; end
  4. 699beachtennote, observe, pay attention to
  5. 700dagegenagainst it; on the other hand
  6. 701künftigin future; future
  7. 702Fällencases (dative plural)
  8. 703der Antragapplication, request
  9. 704das Gebäudebuilding

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