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German pronoun · CEFR A1

es

Meaning in English: it

Rank 18 of 5,000pronounLevel A1
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Example

Es regnet schon den ganzen Tag.

It has been raining all day.

How common is es?

es is number 18 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 7,077 times per million words — about once every 140 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 25% 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. 14sieshe, they; her, them
  2. 15eina, an; one
  3. 16sichoneself, himself, herself, themselves
  4. 17einea, an (feminine); one
  5. 18esit
  6. 19desof the (genitive, masc./neut.)
  7. 20auchalso, too, as well
  8. 21demthe (dative, masc./neut.)
  9. 22nichtnot

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