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German adverb · CEFR B1

eher

Meaning in English: rather, sooner

Rank 534 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Ich trinke eher Tee als Kaffee.

I'd rather drink tea than coffee.

How common is eher?

eher is number 534 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 169 times per million words — about once every 5,900 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% 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. 530leichteasy, light
  2. 531das Internetinternet
  3. 532somitthus, therefore
  4. 533Monatenmonths (dative plural)
  5. 534eherrather, sooner
  6. 535gehörenbelong (to)
  7. 536der FebruarFebruary
  8. 537angebotenoffered
  9. 538die Saisonseason

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