German adverb · CEFR C1
eigens
Meaning in English: specially, expressly
Example
Er ist eigens für die Hochzeit aus Kanada gekommen.
He came all the way from Canada especially for the wedding.
How common is eigens?
eigens is number 4,516 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 56,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,512verzeichnetrecorded, registered
- 4,513tiefendeep
- 4,514ChinasChina's, of China
- 4,515Zahlungenpayments
- 4,516eigensspecially, expressly
- 4,517frischenfresh
- 4,518präsentiertepresented
- 4,519zeitgleichsimultaneously, at the same time
- 4,520technischertechnical
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