German determiner · CEFR B2
etliche
Meaning in English: quite a few, numerous
Example
Ich habe es schon etliche Male versucht.
I've tried it quite a few times.
How common is etliche?
etliche is number 3,946 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 47,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% 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
- 3,942gerettetsaved, rescued
- 3,943vorhandeneexisting, available
- 3,944austauschento exchange, to replace
- 3,945der Wasserstoffhydrogen
- 3,946etlichequite a few, numerous
- 3,947vertrittrepresents, stands in for
- 3,948problemloswithout problems, easily
- 3,949psychischemental, psychological
- 3,950verpassento miss
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