German number · CEFR A1
elf
Meaning in English: eleven
Example
Unser Sohn wird im Mai elf.
Our son turns eleven in May.
How common is elf?
elf is number 1,361 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 67 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,357müsstenwould have to, should
- 1,358individuellenindividual
- 1,359überzeugtconvinced
- 1,360jemandsomeone, anyone
- 1,361elfeleven
- 1,362deswegenthat's why, therefore
- 1,363geöffnetopen(ed)
- 1,364geeignetsuitable
- 1,365die Karrierecareer
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