German adverb · CEFR A2
erstmal
Meaning in English: first (of all), for now
Example
Ich muss erstmal einen Kaffee trinken.
First I need to have a coffee.
How common is erstmal?
erstmal is number 3,988 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Related words in the list
erstmal is built from erst (only (not until); first).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,984freierfree, freelance; freer
- 3,985die Ministerinminister (female)
- 3,986die Börsestock exchange, stock market
- 3,987die Diagnosediagnosis
- 3,988erstmalfirst (of all), for now
- 3,989brachtenbrought
- 3,990zugeordnetassigned, allocated
- 3,991die Fassungversion, composure, frame
- 3,992der DonnerstagabendThursday evening
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