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German adverb · CEFR B1

eben

Meaning in English: just; simply; flat

Rank 935 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Ich bin eben erst nach Hause gekommen.

I've only just got home.

How common is eben?

eben is number 935 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 95 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

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Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 931zentralecentral
  2. 932die Leutepeople
  3. 933Preiseprices; prizes
  4. 934übernehmentake over, take on
  5. 935ebenjust; simply; flat
  6. 936Auswirkungeneffects, impact
  7. 937Sinnesense (im Sinne); senses
  8. 938Voraussetzungenrequirements, prerequisites
  9. 939der Unfallaccident

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