German adverb · CEFR B2
erstmals
Meaning in English: for the first time
Example
Dieses Jahr fahren wir erstmals ohne die Kinder weg.
This year we're going away without the kids for the first time.
How common is erstmals?
erstmals is number 653 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 137 times per million words — about once every 7,300 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 61% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 649Männermen
- 650die Forschungresearch
- 651aktivactive(ly)
- 652ermöglichenenable, make possible
- 653erstmalsfor the first time
- 654erfolgreichsuccessful(ly)
- 655die Handhand
- 656Gästeguests
- 657zweitesecond
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