German adverb · CEFR B1
demnächst
Meaning in English: soon, shortly
Example
Das Café öffnet demnächst wieder.
The café is reopening soon.
How common is demnächst?
demnächst is number 4,001 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 3,997weltweitenworldwide, global
- 3,998gelesenread (past participle)
- 3,999tollengreat, wonderful
- 4,000schlafento sleep
- 4,001demnächstsoon, shortly
- 4,002die Bezeichnungname, term, designation
- 4,003die Staatsregierungstate government
- 4,004gesundheitlichenhealth (-related)
- 4,005meinesof my (genitive)
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