German adverb · CEFR B1

durchschnittlich

Meaning in English: on average, average

Rank 3,048 of 5,000adverbLevel B12 forms in the list
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Example

Ich schlafe durchschnittlich sieben Stunden.

On average I sleep seven hours.

Forms of durchschnittlich in the top 5,000

These forms of durchschnittlich are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

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Die durchschnittliche Miete ist wieder gestiegen.
The average rent has gone up again.

How common is durchschnittlich?

durchschnittlich is number 3,048 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 29 times per million words — about once every 35,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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. 3,044die Ampeltraffic light(s); coalition
  2. 3,045der Schneesnow
  3. 3,046nochmalsagain, once more
  4. 3,047die Schwangerschaftpregnancy
  5. 3,048durchschnittlichon average, average
  6. 3,049durchzuführento carry out
  7. 3,050unbekanntenunknown
  8. 3,051spürento feel, to sense
  9. 3,052Kräfteforces, strength, staff

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