German adverb · CEFR A2
erst
Meaning in English: only (not until); first
Example
Der Laden macht erst um zehn auf.
The shop doesn't open until ten.
How common is erst?
erst is number 182 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 474 times per million words — about once every 2,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 50% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Related words in the list
Words built on erst:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 178nebennext to, beside; besides
- 179seinenhis, its (acc. masc., dat. pl.)
- 180die Polizeipolice
- 181lautloud; according to
- 182erstonly (not until); first
- 183alsoso, therefore; well
- 184allerdingshowever; certainly
- 185unsererour (dat./gen. fem.)
- 186wollento want (to)
In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#182
- The 1,000 most common German words#182
- The 5,000 most common German words#182
- German A2 vocabulary#33
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